Jesus’ enigmatic statement according to which some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the Kingdom of God has come in power, has been variously interpreted—usually in ways that don’t seem to directly involve us. However, recall that when the Pharisees asked when the kingdom would come, Jesus replied that the coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce; Look here it is. For, behold, the kingdom of God is among you. This is to suggest that the kingdom of God first comes in power in the heart of the individual true disciple, whose communion with fellow true disciples then brings about, or actualizes, the kingdom in our midst. Cistercians monasteries as centers of conversion and Schools of Charity, model their efforts on that early Jerusalem Community where the community of believers was of one heart and mind, and who thereby manifested the Kingdom of God come in power. This worthy ideal is one that we monks must constantly strive towards, trusting that every approximation to the ideal lightens the darkness of our present world and hastens the coming of the Kingdom in its fullness in the glory of Eternal Life.