The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christos, King of the Universe.

To accept Christ as King of your life on earth and have hope for eternal life.

On the last Sunday of the church year, we call the Sunday of Christ the King. When nations are beginning to elect presidents of prime ministers, when the titles of the king, tsar start to belong to the past, Pope Pius XI. In the encyclical Quas Primis of December 11, 1925, he established the Feast of Christ the King for the whole Church.

Most people have died in this king in history. One of those who died with the cry “Long live Christ the King!” Is the first Romani martyr, the Spaniard Zesiryn Gimenez Malla, at the beginning of August 1936, when he was shot at the cemetery in Barbastra during the Civil War. May 4, 1997, Pope John Paul II. declared him blessed.

Jesus King – without a crown on his head, without royal insignia, without bodyguards and armies, money does not have his seal in his Kingdom… And yet, the sun does not set in his Kingdom. The king calls himself to his brothers, and he also calls his faithful brothers and sisters. In his Kingdom, all languages ​​are spoken. He alone is eternal; it will never belong to history… Every knee on the earth will bow before him. All early titles will expire once. In his Kingdom, everyone is equal. He alone can declare himself to be the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He alone can say: My words are valid, I am the way, I am the life.

Evangelist St. John described the dialogue between Jesus and Pilate: Pilate said to Jesus, “Are you still a king? Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king.” Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice” (Jn 18:37).

Jesus raised many questions among his contemporaries. And until the end of time, Jesus is the one Simeon declared: “He is appointed for the fall and rebellion for many in Israel, and for the sign to which they will resist,” so that the minds of many hearts may be revealed “(Lk 2: 34-35). ) Jesus Christ is King.
At the end of the church year, we must say that “there are truths that can be learned. One must know and control them if one wants to survive in life. There is also a value scale of truths; they are the barren truths of gossiping and the truths of the great words that move the world and change it. But above all value scales, there is one truth that is more than the sum of all truths. This single truth does not have a plural. We cannot own it or control it. We can participate in it: when we accept it, we enter its service. This truth sets us free. It is the truth of God, his original reality, the power of his holiness, his life, his faithfulness. This truth has clearly appeared, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. ”
(Cf. SCHOTT: From the Table of the Word of God, The Good Book, Trnava 2000, p. 381.)

One fragment from the hearing of the Son of God by Pilate confirms the great truth. Jesus has no resemblance to kings. All the kings died, leaving only dust and ashes. Only Christ the King died, but on the third day, he rose from the dead, lives, and will live forever. Only his Kingdom is eternal, which will not pass away. Those who waited for the defeat of Jesus are not, and Jesus, his Gospel, and his Kingdom remain. Alexander the Great wept that he could not conquer the moon and the stars, for the earth was too little for him and nothing for him. Jesus’ power is also over the stars.
They were kings whom their contemporaries called noble, reasonable, and holy, but which of them are like Christ? For he loved every man without distinction and calculation. Christ alone, out of love, died for all without recognition.
The Romans gave the Roman Emperor Titus the title “kind and adornment of mankind” for nobility and goodness. When the day was over, during which he did nothing good for his subjects, he complained in the evening: “Alice, diem perdidi.” – “Friends, I have wasted the day.”, his flower and happiness, Jesus Christ, King of peace and mercy, truth, justice, and love.
Jesus is the King of the extraordinary Kingdom, of which he said before Pilate: “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I should not be delivered into the hand of the Jews. But my kingdom is not a standard.” (Jn 18:36) The greatest in the Kingdom of God is the one who has the most love for God and the least for himself, the most humble and selfless. The first will be the last, which does not push and lift its head high but works for God and the spread of His Kingdom. He enters the Kingdom of God, who knows, by the King’s teaching, to be poor, cries, be quiet, hungry, merciful, pure in heart, which spreads the peace that endured persecution (cf. Mt 5: 3-11).

The crown of thorns of Christ means more to the world than any other golden crown. They put it on his head to make him laugh, and it became a sign of love. Baptism opens the gates of the Kingdom. However, after baptism, everyone baptized is obliged to live according to the teachings of the King. Truth, justice, love, honesty, faithfulness, humility, peace,…

Napoleon the Great’s officer, de Guillet, became involved in the conspiracy against the emperor. The plot was exposed, and he was sentenced to death. One morning his sword was returned, and he was ordered to appear before the emperor for an interview. As he stood before Napoleon, the brutal conqueror told him, “Please return to your regiment! Tomorrow is an attack. You have plenty of time to think about whether to choose death by shooting or promotion to colonel.” In the coming battle, the officer deserved the rank of colonel. The emperor not only forgave him, but personally appointed him a colonel. He has been one of the emperor’s most loyal soldiers ever since.

We do not doubt that Christ the King is the noblest and most merciful, incomparable to Napoleon. He proved it not only by word but also by his death and the assurance that we, too, would rise from the dead. As we pray the Father’s prayer daily, we ask to participate in the kingdom of God. Today is the time to realize your faithfulness to Christ the King. Our loyalty pays off. Because only he came to save everyone, he died for all, opened his kingdom for all, triumphed over sin, and became a witness of the truth.

The decision of Pope Pius XI. is timely and correct. Although today’s world is indifferent to Christ the King, this title “King” is a challenge for us to be faithful to our God.