by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew,
casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
He said to them,
‘Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ …”
“It has been the practice of the Church since 1925 to mark the last Sunday of the Church year by celebrating the Solemnity of Christ the King. At the time of the establishment of the feast with his encyclical Quas Primas, Pope Pius XI was concerned with a spreading wave of anti-clericalism and secularism, and with people’s complacency toward the many forms of godlessness in modern culture …. Fast-forward 90 years and we know that today’s culture is not only by and large a secular one, but quite antagonistic toward religion in general and Christianity in particular. The 20th and 21st centuries produced more Christian martyrs than during any other period of the Church’s life, and now we are living through a particularly violent period for Christians in the Middle East and Africa. …”
“… Men must look for the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ ….”
Catholic TV Mass for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Nov. 26, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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Catholic TV Mass for The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Nov. 26, 2017, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… the Kingdom of Christ is not of this world, but it brings to fulfilment all the good that, thank God, exists in man and in history. If we put love for our neighbour into practice in accordance with the Gospel message, we make room for God’s dominion and his Kingdom is actualized among us. If, instead, each one thinks only of his or her own interests, the world can only go to ruin. …”
“The readings for this Feast of Christ the King evoke three images of Christ as King. All of them are to some extent paradoxical because they emphasize things we don’t usually associate with kings. They also tell us that we have already met King Jesus even if we don’t realize it. Let’s look at these three images of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of all Creation ….”
Catholic TV Mass for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Nov. 26, 2017, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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Catholic TV Mass for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Nov. 26, 2017, from the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father.
Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me.’
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‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.'”