149. Let the Son then deliver up His kingdom to the Father. The kingdom which He delivers up is not lost to Christ, but grows. We are the kingdom, for it was said to us: “The kingdom of God is within you.” S. Luke xvii. 21. And we are the kingdom, first of Christ, then of the Father; as it is written: “No man cometh to the Father, but by Me.” S. John xiv. 6. When I am on the way, I am Christ’s; when I have passed through, I am the Father’s; but everywhere through Christ, and everywhere under Him.