Christ the King
Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
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🗓️ 26 November 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:05.0 | Amen. Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. |
| 0:09.0 | Today is the feast of Christ the king. The word Christ is the Greek translation of the word Messiah |
| 0:18.4 | which means the anointed one and actually means the king. Jesus is so intrinsically king that the |
| 0:30.6 | title has become his name, Jesus Christ, Jesus King. And by calling ourselves Christians, |
| 0:41.1 | we label ourselves as followers of the king, as people who recognize Jesus as their king. |
| 0:50.0 | But if we are to appreciate this feast, then we must trace its origin to the Old Testament. |
| 1:00.0 | In First Samuel, the Israelites came to the Prophet Samuel saying, |
| 1:04.0 | We want a king to govern us like all the other nations. |
| 1:08.0 | Samuel was distressed by this |
| 1:15.0 | in prayer by this because he knew they already had a king. God. |
| 1:17.0 | So Samuel went to the Lord with this in prayer and the Lord said to Samuel |
| 1:22.0 | they have rejected me from the start, no matter what I have done for them. |
| 1:30.0 | Pope Benedict, the 16th writes, God did not intend Israel to have a king |
| 1:36.3 | the king was a result of Israel's rebellion against god the law was to be Israel's king and through the law God himself. But God |
| 1:48.9 | relented and he let them have their way, but he said to Samuel, |
| 1:55.0 | Give them what they want, give them a king, |
| 2:00.0 | but first warn them what an earthly king will be like. |
| 2:05.0 | So Samuel said to the people, |
| 2:07.0 | These will be the rights of the king who is to reign over you. |
| 2:10.0 | He will take your sons and assign them to his chariotry and cavalry, and they will run |
| 2:16.7 | in front of his chariot. And he will use them as leaders of thousands and leaders of 50, and he will make them plow his farmland and harvest his |
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