Sunday, November 24th, 2024 The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - Cycle B Readings: Daniel 7:13-14, Psalm 93 “The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty

                                               THE KING OF HEARTS
 
     Jesus Christ is Our Lord! "To Him was given all power, honor and the Kingdom". We believe that He is the incarnate Son of God in Jesus of Nazareth; He is a brother that has been glorified; He is the Word of God who has saved us; He is the One who died and that Resurrected. Christ is the King who is at the service of Truth. What is the truth?, asked Pilate and this question continues to be asked by mankind today. Christ has come to this world to be the "Witness of the Truth". The Feast of Christ King is the golden clasp of the liturgical year, for it binds every Christian to fight to establish His Kingdom in our own heart, in society, and in the entire world.
 
Sisters and brothers:
 
1. Today we close the liturgical year, and the Church invites us to concentrate all our mind and our heart in the One, who is the center of our faith, the principle and the end of all, Jesus Christ - Our Lord. Today we want to proclaim Jesus as our King, as that personage who condenses in Himself all the aspirations of all humanity.
 
2. In our Christian life, Christ the King exercises His dominion: over our intelligence - through our faith, over our heart - through His love, over our will and our life - in submission to his Will. He is the Alpha and the Omega of         everything that we think, of everything that we love and of all that we are. A question cuts through history for all humanity: Who am I for you? Jesus is loved by few - because He is known by few. Jesus is followed by few, yet Jesus is the only profound Truth that we have.
 
3. I am the Truth and the life!, says Jesus. We know that the Truth will set us free. Yet how difficult it is to live this truth as a creature, in faith, and as an apostle! What is the truth? A sincere desire to be instructed? Is it indifference, skepticism, irony? Jesus, the Witness to the Truth, stands before the tribunal court of the world. He is frequently the One that we judge. So what is the truth in our Christian life? We should not fear the truth of what we really are. This truth touched Peter's conscience one day and he told Jesus: "Set Yourself apart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man". We should not be afraid.
 
Brothers and sisters: We are called to be witnesses of the Truth, to be a brightness in humanity for Jesus. The Truth, that is God, shines for all of us, although many will stay seated, dazzled by so much clarity, for they prefer to close their eyes to their comfort. Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King in humility and in simplicity; we celebrate it in the silence of a generous love, completely given over to the service of humanity. Our King comes from Heaven: He is the triumph of love over hatred, of humility over pride, of brotherly service over false attachments.
 
The Christian should be ardently in love with the Kingdom. Impassioned in the fight to show mankind how to live with truth and a full life, with more holiness and grace, with more justice, love and peace. "God does not give us impossible tasks, but, upon giving us what He gives, He invites us to do what we are able to do, then He asks us to do what we are not able to do and He helps us to be able to do so", as is well stated by St. Augustine. May it be
Amen.
 
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