Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an

apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization using media both old and

new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate and encounter with

Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring

the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite

you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the

warmth and light of Christ with each one of us. Peace be with you. Friends, we

come to the end of the liturgical year with our feast this weekend, the feast of

Christ the King. You know, it's a feast that we have trouble with, especially in

the West, in the lands where democracy holds sway and we're kind of skeptical

of kings. Our country was born in a great active revolution against a king

and if someone claims kingliness we get kind of nervous. In fact, if you want to

go after a politician you'll say something like this guy thinks he's the king.

Our entire system is set up to preclude the possibility of kings and so it's

always a little bit awkward for us to celebrate the feast of Christ the King.

But here's the thing, kingship might be a bit alien to us but it's a very

central biblical idea and once we get it on biblical terms I think we'll find it

a very illuminating and liberating theme. Here's how we start. Right to the very

beginning of the Bible. God creates this beautiful creation coming forth from

him like a liturgical procession. How wonderful in the opening versus of the

book of Genesis. It sounds like the arrival of liturgical ministers as one day

follows another and first comes the light and then comes the earth and there

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