Today we come to celebrate the Feast of Christ the King.
Every king has their kingdom which has been entrusted to their care. To follow Christ is to chase after the Kingdom of God. At the same time the scriptures warn us against the prince of this world. This earthly prince is Satan and he wants nothing more then for us to believe in his lies which lead us astray from the one true King and His Kingdom. Of the many titles given to Satan we should also remember that one of them is the father of lies.
This leads us to an option. We must choose to serve the Kingdom of God or to serve the kingdom of this world. It impossible for us to serve both of these kingdoms. The kingdom of this world being the pursuit of sin and death. As Christ came to be tempted, so too are we by these lies which make us believe that we need something more in order to be happy.
As Pope John Paul II wrote in his encyclical, The Gospel of Life: “God proclaims that He is absolute Lord of the life of man, who is formed in His image and likeness. Human life is thus given a sacred and inviolable character which reflects the inviolability of the Creator Himself. Precisely for this reason God will severely judge every violation of the commandment “You shall not kill,” the commandment which is at the basis of all life together in society. He is then Goel, the defender of the innocent. God thus shows that He does not delight in the death of the living. Only Satan can delight therein for through his envy death entered into the world. He is “a murderer from the beginning.” He is also “a liar and the father of lies.” By deceiving man, he leads into projects of sin and death, making them appear as goals and fruits of life.”
The goals and fruits of this life should not be sin and death, but everlasting life. In this earthly kingdom we are so often led to believe that we need something more in order for us to be happy. People thus get lost in their pursuit of vice and no longer act as if they are free. It is only when we choose to serve Christ that we are liberated. The outsider would say that a Christian is a slave to religious law, but in all reality through embracing it we are truly set free. Those who engage in carnal desires act as if they are an animal and take another and lower them to the position of an animal and thus they become a means to an end.
In this fallen world we can see the many ways in which we have turned away from God and His Law. Life thus becomes rejected in the sin of abortion because one see a “choice” to be more important then life. We desire to redefine the definition of marriage as is seen by the fake news’ coverage concerning new “papal dogma.” What takes place on an airplane, interview, or documentary does not change teaching which has been handed down to us by Christ our Lord. Nevertheless, there are those who are charlatans who rejoice in created a new church that will live in service of this world and thus making sin and death seem as if they are the goals of this life.
Truly, my brothers and sisters in Christ we must serve Christ the King always. Let us never compromise on living out the truth which are contained within the Gospels. Let us always desire to pursue the Kingdom of God thus rejecting Satan’s earthly kingdom always.
