Sunday, October 27, 2024

Christ the King Homily (Extraordinary Form)

Today we observe the Feast of Christ the King.


This past Sunday we were instructed in our Gospel, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” This proclamation exclaims that our faith is not something that can be divided up into various categories and thus not be integrated into who we are as a human person.


The Feast of Christ the King was established in order to proclaim that Christ still holds a place in our modern day society. He cannot be divorced from our interaction with the world as some would like to believe and do. He is the King who reigns victorious from the cross and thus He is the King to whom our world longs for we can find our fulfillment nowhere else.


As Pope Pius XI exclaimed in Quas Primas (In the First), “He must reign in our minds, which should assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to the doctrines of Christ. He must reign in our wills, which should obey the laws and precepts of God. He must reign in our hearts, which should spurn natural desires and love God above all things, and cleave to him alone. He must reign in our bodies and in our members, which should serve as instruments for the interior sanctification of our souls.”


As the Lord exclaimed in our Gospel, “Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.” It should be no secret that our modern day society has put so much in the way of hearing this voice. We cannot allow the noise of this world in all of its busyness to silence this voice that is being made manifest for us for this is the voice of truth.


Very soon our nation will enter into another election cycle. Some allow themself to take on a political party over the full teaching of the Church. In our discernment for this upcoming election we must do so under a spirit prayer that is done in unison with the entirety of the Church’s teachings kept in mind. Again we cannot live a faith that is not integrated entirely into who we are as a human person.


May this Feast of Christ the King further assist us in coming to realize the importance of Christ in our life and society. Christ is not just one of many ways to truth, but is truth itself. Our heart must remain open to this truth for He is the sovereign power over our bodies, our thoughts, our heart, and our will. In choosing Him we come to exalt Him as King over all of our life.


Long live Christ the King!

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