We are all Heirs of the Kingdom – a thought for MLK’s day

By Sr. Mary Valerie Schneider
January 21, 2013

Dear Fellow Heirs of the Kingdom,

I bet you never received a letter with that greeting!

But that is what we are —heirs of the Kingdom. We’re royalty; we’re princes and princesses in the Kingdom of God. And that’s not far away in a distant heaven. It’s right here, right now. The Kingdom of God is a code word, you might say, for God. God is everywhere, so the Kingdom is everywhere. Don’t look now, but it’s sitting there on your shoulder, and there it is inside you, and in front of you and behind you. What can we do today to make the Kingdom of God more visible in our midst?

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