Scripture Reflections for The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

🙶 For this Christ was born, and for this Christ came into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to His voice. 🙷

Fr. Robert Verrill. "A Pope's Hope." Torch. November 18, 2015

🙶 A former colleague of mine once wrote: “Hostility comes from ignorance, hospitality from openness. Hostility towards strangers is born in a heart with barriers, hardened and incapable of seeing richness in diversity. The shift from hostility to hospitality happens when one experiences welcome, this gift of opening oneself to the reality of an individual or a family.” 🙷

Fr. Sacha Bermundez-Goldman, SJ. "Feast of Christ the King." Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. November 21, 2021

🙶 Jesus does not just rule in the empty, he is meant to rule in our lives. He cannot be king of our lives if we do not listen to him, love him, serve him and follow him 🙷

Father Lawrence Obilor. "He reigns forever." A Catholic Moment. November 21, 2021

🙶 We believe that God is almighty, yes, but his power is pure goodness and mercy 🙷

Fr. Matthew Jarvis. "Power and Weakness." Torch. November 17, 2021

🙶 And while political involvement is a civic duty of the Catholic, we are not ultimately fighting for some political order, but for holiness, for communion with God, for the salvation of souls, and eternal life. Any other goal is far too low. 🙷

John Bergsma. "Christ the King." The Sacred Page. November 7, 2021

🙶 He loves you so much, that he died for you. He awaits you in heaven. Death is nothing to fear. Life without love is what we should fear. 🙷

Laura Kazlas. "Solemnity of Christ the King." A Catholic Moment. November 25, 2018

🙶 Truth and morality are connected – but reason alone will fail to grasp this without the insight that comes from faith in God 🙷

Fr. John Patrick Kenrick. "The True King." Torch. November 21, 2018

🙶 we are here on earth in a symbiotic relationship with one another and with God, working together to establish His Kingdom, even with all the evil that is around us 🙷

Joseph LaCombe. "Heaven on Earth?." A Catholic Moment. November 22, 2015

🙶 The pretensions of worldly kingship are mocked but as the crucified Christ reigns from the cross he reveals the self giving love of God and it possesses a power which can draw all men and women into his kingdom 🙷

Fr. David Sanders. "Rulers of the Kings of the Earth." Torch. November 26, 2006