Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ~Solemnity Last Sunday of October
Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Solemnity Last Sunday of October
Our Lord Jesus Christ began His public life by announcing His Kingdom. Christ's Kingdom is not a worldly kingdom; it is primarily spiritual. Its final realization consists in the union of all the blessed in the possession of the Holy Trinity in heaven. Entrance into this Kingdom comes through the acceptance of the Gospel message by faith and the receiving of Baptism. The name by which the Kingdom of God is most commonly called? The Catholic Church.
This Church is at once Divine and human; on earth and in heaven. Small as a mustard seed in its beginning, it was destined to become catholic; that is, to embrace all the earth, to be universal. This concept of the Catholic Church as the one universal Kingdom of God makes it evident that there can be only one true Church, just as there can be only one true Kingdom of God.
The Church is Jesus Christ, living on and acting in the world through His duly authorized ministers, until the end of time. He gave to His Church a form, an organization which would enable it to carry on His work upon earth - to teach, to rule, and administer to the souls of men. Membership in the Kingdom of God is the most precious thing that a person can possess. We must regard it as a pearl beyond price and gratefully sacrifice for this gift.
Jesus Christ is our King - all things have been created in Him, through Him, and for Him. As the Son, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, He is the perfect image of God. It is of faith that Jesus Christ, as Man, has the fullest spiritual power, leading to salvation by establishing the Church and her Sacraments, and disposing of all graces in the supernatural order.
In virtue of the union of His human nature with the divine, He possesses still greater power, which is the foundation of His Kingship. We, as individuals, must strive to be subject to Christ the King most perfectly, in mind, will and heart, because we were purchased at the price of His Own Most Precious Blood. Christ must be King of all hearts, all homes and all nations. Truly, He must reign!
On the feast of Christ the King, the faithful may gain a Plenary Indulgence by the public recitation of the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Most Sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thine altar. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united to Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates ourselves today to Thy Most Sacred Heart.
Many indeed have never known Thee; Many too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful children, who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children, who have abandoned Thee; Grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.
Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that there may be but one flock and one Shepherd. Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism, and refuse not to draw them into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Thine eyes of mercy towards the children of the race, once Thy chosen people: of old they called down upon themselves the Blood of the Savior; may it now descend upon them a laver of redemption and of life.
Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry; praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; To it be glory and honor forever. Amen.
Solemnity Last Sunday of October
My Kingdom is not of this world. At this Pilate said to Him: So, then, You are a king? Jesus replied: You are right in saying I am a King. The reason I was born, the reason why I came into the world, is to testify to the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice. - John xviii:36
This Church is at once Divine and human; on earth and in heaven. Small as a mustard seed in its beginning, it was destined to become catholic; that is, to embrace all the earth, to be universal. This concept of the Catholic Church as the one universal Kingdom of God makes it evident that there can be only one true Church, just as there can be only one true Kingdom of God.
The Church is Jesus Christ, living on and acting in the world through His duly authorized ministers, until the end of time. He gave to His Church a form, an organization which would enable it to carry on His work upon earth - to teach, to rule, and administer to the souls of men. Membership in the Kingdom of God is the most precious thing that a person can possess. We must regard it as a pearl beyond price and gratefully sacrifice for this gift.
Jesus Christ is our King - all things have been created in Him, through Him, and for Him. As the Son, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, He is the perfect image of God. It is of faith that Jesus Christ, as Man, has the fullest spiritual power, leading to salvation by establishing the Church and her Sacraments, and disposing of all graces in the supernatural order.
In virtue of the union of His human nature with the divine, He possesses still greater power, which is the foundation of His Kingship. We, as individuals, must strive to be subject to Christ the King most perfectly, in mind, will and heart, because we were purchased at the price of His Own Most Precious Blood. Christ must be King of all hearts, all homes and all nations. Truly, He must reign!
As established by Pope Pius XI in his encyclical, Quas Primas, the Solemnity of Christ the King is celebrated on this last Sunday of October. In today’s feast we pray that Our Lord Jesus Christ may reign! both in our hearts and in society, thereby bestowing that peace in which the world cannot give:
"The Catholic Church is the Kingdom of Christ on earth. She is destined to be spread among all men and all nations. Her Author and Founder, Jesus Christ, is King and Lord and King of Kings. It would be a grave error to say that Christ has no authority whatsoever in civil affairs.
The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men, including not only Catholic nations, not only baptized persons who, though of right belonging to the Church, have been led astray by error, or have been cut off from her by schism, but also all those who are outside the Christian faith; so that truly the whole of mankind is subject to the power of Jesus Christ.
There is no difference in this matter between the individual and the family or the State; for all men, whether collectively or individually, are under the dominion of Christ. [...]
We institute the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ to be observed yearly throughout the whole world on the last Sunday of the month of October–the Sunday, that is, which immediately precedes the feast of All Saints. We further ordain that the dedication of mankind to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which Our predecessor of saintly memory, Pope Pius X, commanded to be renewed yearly, be made annually on that day.” - P.P Pius XI; Quas Primas, 1925
The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men, including not only Catholic nations, not only baptized persons who, though of right belonging to the Church, have been led astray by error, or have been cut off from her by schism, but also all those who are outside the Christian faith; so that truly the whole of mankind is subject to the power of Jesus Christ.
There is no difference in this matter between the individual and the family or the State; for all men, whether collectively or individually, are under the dominion of Christ. [...]
We institute the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ to be observed yearly throughout the whole world on the last Sunday of the month of October–the Sunday, that is, which immediately precedes the feast of All Saints. We further ordain that the dedication of mankind to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which Our predecessor of saintly memory, Pope Pius X, commanded to be renewed yearly, be made annually on that day.” - P.P Pius XI; Quas Primas, 1925
Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
On the feast of Christ the King, the faithful may gain a Plenary Indulgence by the public recitation of the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Most Sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thine altar. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united to Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates ourselves today to Thy Most Sacred Heart.
Many indeed have never known Thee; Many too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful children, who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children, who have abandoned Thee; Grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.
Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that there may be but one flock and one Shepherd. Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism, and refuse not to draw them into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Thine eyes of mercy towards the children of the race, once Thy chosen people: of old they called down upon themselves the Blood of the Savior; may it now descend upon them a laver of redemption and of life.
Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry; praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; To it be glory and honor forever. Amen.
He must reign, but they have uncrowned Him!
Following the principles set forth from the Second Vatican Council on Religious Liberty, today’s Church leaders reject the traditional teaching on the Kingship of Christ. They say that now we have a plurality of religions, so we can no longer request States to recognize the Catholic Church as the only true religion; that now, we must deal with this very pragmatically. In the exchange below, Archbishop Lefebvre was told by the Nuncio of Switzerland (while in the presence of Pope John Paul II) that Pope Pius XI would no longer write his encyclical on the Kingship of Christ today. That now, the times are different; the State is different; and the Holy Father agreed with him! For these Modernists, the Church's traditional teaching on Christ's Kingship is a thing of the past; a principle in direct opposition to the globalist agenda for a pluralistic society. They simply do not want Christ as King and the new religion of Vatican II has uncrowned Him.
The Apostolic Nuncio of Switzerland:
"You understand, the social kingship of Our Lord - that is impossible now; perhaps in the distant future? Right now, this Reign is in individuals; we have to open ourselves up to the masses… It is very difficult now."
Archbishop Lefebvre:
“You see - he no longer believes in it: It is an 'impossible' or a 'very difficult' dogma, 'which now would not be written anymore!' And how many people think like this today! How many are incapable of understanding that the Redemption of Our Lord Jesus Christ must be brought about with the help of civil society; and that the State therefore must become, within the limits of the temporal order, the instrument of the application of the work of Redemption. They answer you: "Oh, those are two different things; you are mixing politics and religion!" - From the book: "They Have Uncrowned Him" by Archbishop Lefebvre
The Apostolic Nuncio of Switzerland:
"You understand, the social kingship of Our Lord - that is impossible now; perhaps in the distant future? Right now, this Reign is in individuals; we have to open ourselves up to the masses… It is very difficult now."
Archbishop Lefebvre:
“You see - he no longer believes in it: It is an 'impossible' or a 'very difficult' dogma, 'which now would not be written anymore!' And how many people think like this today! How many are incapable of understanding that the Redemption of Our Lord Jesus Christ must be brought about with the help of civil society; and that the State therefore must become, within the limits of the temporal order, the instrument of the application of the work of Redemption. They answer you: "Oh, those are two different things; you are mixing politics and religion!" - From the book: "They Have Uncrowned Him" by Archbishop Lefebvre
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Jesus King of the universe, may Thy reign be recognized on earth by all nations;;;;;Amen
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Christus Rex+
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