‘Thy kingdom come’ (Mt 6:10).
The Kingdom of our Father is full of justice, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (cf. Rm 14:17). Already here, in our earthly life, these aspirations can be realised, for, as we say in the Lord’s Prayer, the Kingdom of God is to come on earth as it is in heaven.
When God exercises His dominion, He will, as the Scriptures say, “judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” (Is 2:4).
Let us remember that when Jesus was interrogated by Pilate, He said: “My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the world” (Jn 18:36).
So the Kingdom of God is different. When we pray for it to come, we are referring to that Kingdom which seems so unattainable when we look at the present situation in the world. However, in the Message to Mother Eugenia, our Father gives us a clear indication of how His Kingdom of peace can come to us: “If all mankind invokes and honours Me, I will bring down upon it the spirit of peace like a benevolent dew. If all nations, as such, invoke and honour Me, there will be no more discord, nor wars, because I am the God of peace and where I am, there no war can be”.
So it is not impossible that the Kingdom of God will spread on earth. There is a concrete way that the Father has revealed to us in His Son. So let us not lose hope!