Ludmilla is a picture of the church. She is a microcosm of the whole. The church, like Ludmilla, is to be the embassy of the kingdom of heaven. We are the representatives of God on earth and we act to fulfil the heart of God on earth as it is in heaven. Remember what Jesus said when he taught us to pray?
"On earth as it is in heaven..."
That's the whole point. We are to be the people who live out the heart of God on earth as it is in heaven. When the church starts to look like something other than God's heart on earth, we have lost our way. The body has become disconnected from the head.
Oh Lord, may we live the heart of Ludmilla.
