The Kingdom is Here

 

"The End is Nigh!" Well sort of, but that's the wrong proclamation being done here. In the story of Jesus Proclaiming the Kingdom is proclaiming a similar message as what "the end is nigh" is meant to convey. That is to repent. The passage of the Kingdom of God opens up with a clear admonition in Mark 1:15 that is to repent and believe, because the Kingdom is at hand, the Kingdom is nigh. 

A lot more than an admonition to repent from sinful ways and acts happens at this sermon. It leads into probably the most popular sermon of Jesus Christ, the Sermon on the Mount. Now repenting from your sins is especially important, but the repentance is meaningless if you have no urge to change your interior life. Changing your interior life after repenting is to make the act of repentance a true act. A hollow repentance is saying "I am sorry that I did X" but then turn around and do it again because you have no intention of changing yourself so that you do not do X again. True repentance is saying "I am sorry for doing X" and then doing something about it so it is less likely that you will do X again. In the Proclamation of the Kingdom, we are called to repentance, the Fruit of the Mystery, in the Sermon on the Mount we are told who will enter the Kingdom of God and how they will do that. The Kingdom of God is here, but we are not ready to enter unto His Kingdom. First, we must repent, and then imitate Christ (Imitation of Christ) and live the beatitudes.

The Scriptural Rosary is: 

1. The Third Luminous Mystery: Proclaiming the Kingdom
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2. And saying: The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel. (Mark 1:15)
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3. And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him. (Matthew 5:1)
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4. And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:2-3)
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5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. (Matthew 5:4)
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6. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:5)
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7. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:6-8)
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8. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:9-10)
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9. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: (Matthew 5:11)
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10. And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 10:7)
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11. Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into it. (Mark 10:15)
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