Friends, we come to the great feast of Christ the King, which is always the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Think of the king coming at the end of a long procession into his palace; this is Christ the King at the end of the great procession of the liturgical year. What I want to do is look at three dimensions of Christ’s kingship, one from each of the three readings today: our unity in Christ, Christ the warrior, and the weapons by which Christ wins the battle with the powers of darkness: his nonviolence and forgiving love.
Mass Readings
Reading 1 – 2 Sm 5:1-3
Psalm – Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5
Reading 2 – Col 1:12-20
Gospel – Lk 23:35-43