Category: Solemnity of Our Lord Christ, King of the Universe

November 24, 2024
St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church
Prosper, Texas

Daniel 7:13-14
Psalm 93:1, 1-2, 5
Revelation 1:5-8
John 18:33b-37

Not living in an era of kings, the feast of Christ the King may seem a little foreign to us. The age of kings and queens is past, although the finery and grandeur of that past still captures our imagination. Even more, the power and its benefits that royalty brought is still an object desired by countless men and women. However, the age of kings was also a time of chivalry and courage, honor and obedience, duty and loyalty, virtues that should still be sought. We, though, live in an age that enshrines equality and individualism and that places value on our sovereignty. The ethic of this world is encapsulated by the phrase, “No one has dominion over us, and we are nobody’s servants.”