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Kingdom of Heaven, City of God is a series of reflections on the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus, read through the central theme of the Kingdom of God. From the first proclamation of the Kingdom in the Gospels to its fulfilment in Christ’s Passion and Resurrection, this book follows the thread of the Kingdom through the whole of his mission.
Drawing closely on Scripture, these meditations explore how the Kingdom is revealed in parables, in miracles, in acts of mercy, and in the call to repentance and faith. The Kingdom is not presented as an abstract idea, but as a reality made present in Christ, and one which takes shape in the life of the believer.
The reflections also look toward the book of Revelation, where the Kingdom is seen in its fullness — the final vision of the City of God, in which God dwells with his people.
Written in a spirit of prayer and careful reading of the Gospels, this book invites the reader to follow Christ, to understand his message, and to seek the Kingdom he proclaims.
The second-century homily develops early Christian theology of repentance that is both moral and eschatological. It presents repentance not as a fleeting emotion but as a transformative act that reshapes the believer’s life before the final judgment. The homilist combines vivid imagery with ethical exhortation, expressing the conviction that human freedom and divine mercy must meet in time if salvation is to be realised [ … ]
In the Garden Of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed to his Father, seeking strength to face the sacrifice he would soon make for our sins. As Jesus prayed, Jesus experienced sorrow and grief as he fully understood the weight of the sin that he would bear on the Cross [ … ]
Saint Augustine draws primarily on Romans 1:3–4, where Saint Paul writes that Jesus was ‘descended from David according to the flesh and declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness’. For Augustine, these verses encapsulate the mystery of the Incarnation. Jesus Christ, in his humanity, did not become the Son of God by merit, but was predestined to be so from the very moment of his conception by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary [ … ]
