The central political claim of the Church has been that one day the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. But that day isn't until the Savior breaks through the clouds and enters this dimension.
Those of us in the Order of St. Anthony are on a journey that is probably more theoretical than practical at this point. At this writing, we’ve only been on this trajectory a little over a year, but it has proven to be so provocative and engaging. The bottom line is all of us want a deeper relationship with God and we want to be more radical in our participation in the kingdom of God—not because we have to in order to be “saved,” but because we all get one shot at this gift called “life” and we want to live it as large as we can for God.
