Feast of Christ the King

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 November 2003

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The final Sunday of the Liturgical year is dedicated to Christ the King. One of the earliest forms of Christian proclamation was "Jesus is Lord." This was meant to be provocative, since Caesar was customarily described as Lord of the world. The first Christians were saying that Jesus is the one who must in every sense command, direct, and order our lives. Is Jesus truly the King of your life? That's the hard question which this feast raises.

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0:10.9	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:15.1	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:21.7	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:28.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us who we might speak with love
0:33.7	about the one who is love.
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0:41.6	the Word on Fire.
0:44.4	Peace be with you.
0:46.1	Friends, we've come to the end of the liturgical year, and the church asks us the end of the liturgical
0:51.1	year to meditate upon Christ the King.
0:56.2	That's our feast for today.
0:57.7	Jesus Christ is King.
1:00.4	You know, some years ago I heard a homily, and the priest said, we shouldn't say Christ
1:05.7	the King, because that doesn't mean much to contemporary Americans.
1:08.7	We should say Christ the President, or Christ the Prime Minister, or Christ the Speaker
1:13.9	of the House.
1:14.9	Well, I think it was a well-meaning homily, but I quite disagree with it.
1:19.8	The problem is, if you say Christ is President, or Prime Minister, it means someone that
1:24.2	we have a good deal of control over.
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