Happy Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of\nthe Universe! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we celebrate and reflect upon this\nfeast, I want to point out an essential and timely implication of Christ’s\nreign as found in the second reading. Namely that Christ’s reign is\neverlasting. In other words, He is the Lord of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the second reading, St. Paul links\nChrist’s resurrection and Adam’s sin: “As all die in Adam, so all will be\nmade alive in Christ.” (1 Cor 15:22) Thus, while death entered the world\nthrough Adam and Eve’s sin, Christ conquered it. And this is not something that\nhappens one day, unforeseen, unplanned, randomly. No. Instead, St. Paul’s\nharkening back to the beginning reminds us that right then and there, after\nAdam and Eve had sinned, God promised them a Saviour: “I will put enmity\nbetween you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike\nyour head, and you will strike his heel.” (Gen. 3:15) Then, God begins to\nshepherd His people throughout history and does so until the awaited Saviour\narrives. Yet, this is not something that is outside of His purview or plan. God\nis King of the Universe and Lord of history; He has always been and continues\nto be today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, let us allow this Solemnity of\nChrist’s Kingship to be a reminder that even amid the difficult situations we\nfind ourselves in, including a worldwide pandemic, our Lord continues to be who\nguides the course of history. Let us be renewed in our hope by considering and\npondering that if Christ reign continues “until he has put all enemies\nunder his feet,” the last enemy being death (1 Cor 15:25-26), then He is\nalso able to bring good out of the evils that face us today. That just as He\nshepherd His people throughout history, He continues to do so today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, St Paul also reminds us that we\nwho belong to Christ will also be made alive in Him. Thus, let us fix our eyes\non the promise of everlasting life in the Kingdom of our God, and let us do so\nby exerting ourselves in every kind of good. As the Gospel reminds us, whatever\nwe do for the least of our brothers we do to Christ, we do to our King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Santiago Torres<\/strong> \u2013 St. Joseph Seminary, Edmonton,\nAlberta<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fot. Andrea Leopardi\/Unsplash.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17,18],"tags":[53,80,199],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-strona-glowna-najnowsze","category-strona-glowna-slider","tag-christ","tag-king","tag-santiago-torres"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n