“Come receive the Kingdom prepared for you.”
A Meditation by Fr. Robert Young, O.F.M. + (1949-2017)
“Come, my child. Enter the Kingdom. Take possession. It is yours. Delay no longer with your doubts and fears. Come: Possess the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (Matthew 25). For this I came. For this I’ve waited yet another 2,000 years – to give once again the gift of possession – the Inheritance of all that I own, all that I Am – in the glory of My Father and in the love of Our Holy Spirit.
Come take the power – not an earthly power. Do not be deceived by the ego of the human will: It is not a power to dominate or control or oppress. It is the power of Heaven to reign – to love all on behalf of Heaven and to love Heaven on behalf of all creation. I have no other gifts to impart. I have exhausted My storehouse of divine treasure. The last and the greatest of all has been reserved for now. And it is now at your command – and that of all Mankind. It is My Very Essence, My Substance, My Very Self poured out in the Holy Eucharist in time – now bestowed in the Eternal Dimension for all time without end.
Come, my child: Enter the Kingdom prepared for you – prepared with so much love by the Holy Trinity for all eternity for you – prepared for you today in this time of supreme gracefulness, in this fullness of time … Prepared for you by your Most Holy and ever glorious Virgin Mother – the first and only creature to live always, without fail, in my Supreme Will. She has prepared you by every circumstance, and every smallest cross, every pain, sorrow, and disappointment of your life … by every joy and blessing, every grace received. She has prepared you as only a most loving and tender Mother could.
Now is the time. This is the day – the time of favor – the moment long awaited by the angels and saints – by Adam and Eve, by your Heavenly Mother, by Me, the Sacrosanct Triune God of time and eternity. It is the moment long awaited by every soul who has lived and will live, even without the full awareness of the gift to be conferred – long awaited by the prophets and kings, martyrs and virgins, apostles and holy innocents. Now you must wait no longer.
Come, my child: Enter in and take possession. My Kingdom is yours, and it is here to take up Its rightful dominion in your soul and body. Can you not perceive it in the words I speak, in the flutter of joy you feel coursing through your being. There is nothing more to fear, little one, My lamb, chosen as one of the little flock on whom it has pleased the Father to bestow the Reign of the Divine Will – the infinite splendor of Heaven in the little sanctuary of your soul.
Come, my child: Be bold like a trusting child – knowing that what belongs to the father belongs to you as your inheritance – now that the Heir has come of age – humanity has now grown to its full readiness to take on the duties and rights of the First Born Son – the legitimate child – and therefore, the heir to the Kingdom. Come now: Receive the Kingdom. Do not be afraid. It is yours now – today and forever.”