HOMILY – THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE

Fr. Anthony Keane OSB  Homily on the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The King of the Universe.

KING  OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.

BY HIS WORD THE HEAVENS WERE MADE,

BY THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH ALL THE STARS

YET HE MAKES HIS HOME AMONG US

WE ARE HIS PEOPLE AND HE IS OUR GOD,

GOD WITH US

AND THE ONE SITTING ON THE THRONE SPOKE

LOOK, I AM MAKING ALL THINGS NEW

IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.  I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA.  I GIVE WATER FROM THE WELL OF LIFE FREE TO THE THIRSTY.

Let us then know that this great and powerful King of the Universe

Lives among us, as one with us, ruling our hearts if we but let him. Rule my heart great creator. You are constant, dispassionate and true. RIALAIGH MO CHROISE A CHRUTHAITHEOIR DIAN    TAOISE SOCAIR NEAMHTAOMNACH NI HIONANN IS ME.

Christ the great king was known in Ireland from ancient times as King of  the Universe and King of Nature:  Ri na n-Uile  and Ri na nDul

He is all powerful, gentle and true.  He is the force by which we act when we are loving and ourselves. His presence in politics is wise beneficent kind and liberating. In Him we live and move and have our being.

It is our great triumph that He is Lord. To Him, the Only begotten Son, consubstantial with the Father we may exultantly say:

Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the Glory

Now and forever Amen.

 

 

 

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