It is that memorable time of the year again, when Catholics celebrate Jesus Christ as the king of glory,

In Matt 27:37, Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38 and John. 19:19. We see the bible repeating thesame testimony, Jesus, the king of the Jews as right as that may sound, the truth is Jesus is not just the king of the Jews but THE ETERNAL KING OF GLORY

Christians, especially othordox Christian celebrate this truth, Today, the Mother church celebrates this solemnity in grand style

Do you know today's celebration as Corpus Christi or Christ the King? It doesn't matter really, the most important thing is that we celebrate it to the glory of God.

Go to mass!
Join the procession!!
Celebrate and dance even like David did

Jesus Christ is the king, celebrate with much Joy.

Christ the King Sunday History, Information, Prayers, Resources, Traditions, & More

Christ the King Sunday Definition and Summary

Christ the King Sunday celebrates the all-embracing authority of Christ as King and Lord of the cosmos. Officially called the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, it is celebrated on the final Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Sunday before Advent. In 2014, the feast falls on November 23rd. Prayers: Christ the King Prayers

Basic Facts

Liturgical Color(s): White
Type of Holiday: Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation
Time of Year: Final Sunday of Ordinary Time (Sunday before Advent)
Duration: One Sunday
Celebrates/Symbolizes: Jesus as King, Messiah, and Lord
Alternate Names: Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
Scriptural References: Psalm 23; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28

Introduction

Pope Pius XI instituted The Feast of Christ the King in 1925 for the universal church in his encyclical Quas Primas. He connected the increasingly denial of Christ as king to the rise of secularism. At the time of Quas Primas, many Christians (including Catholics) began to doubt Christ's authority and existence, as well as the Church's power to continue Christ's authority. Pius XI, and the rest of the Christian world, witnessed the rise of non-Christian dictatorships in Europe, and saw Catholics being taken in by these earthly leaders. These dictators often attempted to assert authority over the Church. Just as the Feast of Corpus Christi was instituted when devotion to the Eucharist was at a low point, the Feast of Christ the King was instituted during a time when respect for Christ and the Church was waning, when the feast was needed most.

Pius hoped the institution of the feast would have various effects. They were:

1. That nations would see that the Church has the right to freedom, and immunity from the state (Quas Primas, 32).
2. That leaders and nations would see that they are bound to give respect to Christ (Quas Primas, 31).
3. That the faithful would gain strength and courage from the celebration of the feast, as we are reminded that Christ must reign in our hearts, minds, wills, and bodies (Quas Primas, 33).

Today, the same distrust of authority exists, although the problem has gotten worse. Individualism has been embraced to such an extreme, that for many, the only authority is the individual self. The idea of Christ as ruler is rejected in such a strongly individualistic system. Also, many balk at the idea of kings and queens, believing them to be antiquated and possibly oppressive. Some even reject the titles of "lord" and "king" for Christ because they believe that such titles are borrowed from oppressive systems of government. However true these statements might be (some kings have been oppressive), these individuals miss the point: Christ's kingship is one of humility and service. Jesus said:

You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to become great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:42-45, NAB).

and

Pilate said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?"... Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here." So Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world,to testify to the truth (John 18:33b, 36-37).

Thus, Jesus knew the oppressive nature of secular kings, and in contrast to them, he connected his role as king to humble service, and commanded his followers to be servants as well. In other passages of Scripture, his kingdom is tied to his suffering and death. While Christ is coming to judge the nations, his teachings spell out a kingdom of justice and judgment balanced with radical love, mercy, peace, and forgiveness. When we celebrate Christ as King, we are not celebrating an oppressive ruler, but one willing to die for humanity and whose "loving-kindness endures forever." Christ is the king that gives us true freedom, freedom in Him. Thus we must never forget that Christ radically redefined and transformed the concept of kingship.

Christ the King Sunday used to be celebrated on the last Sunday of October, but since the calendar reforms of 1969, the feast falls on the last Sunday of Ordinary Time, which is the Sunday before Advent. It is fitting that the feast celebrating Christ's kingship is observed right before Advent, when we liturgically wait for the promised Messiah (King).

History

The earliest Christians identified Jesus with the predicted Messiah of the Jews. The Jewish word "messiah," and the Greek word "Christ," both mean "anointed one," and came to refer to the expected king who would deliver Israel from the hands of the Romans. Christians believe that Jesus is this expected Messiah. Unlike the messiah most Jews expected, Jesus came to free all people, Jew and Gentile, and he did not come to free them from the Romans, but from sin and death. Thus the king of the Jews, and of the cosmos, does not rule over a kingdom of this world.

Christians have long celebrated Jesus as Christ, and his reign as King is celebrated to some degree in Advent (when Christians wait for his second coming in glory), Christmas (when "born this day is the King of the Jews", Holy Week (when Christ is the Crucified King), Easter (when Jesus is resurrected in power and glory), and the Ascension (when Jesus returns to the glory he had with the Father before the world was created). However, Pius XI wanted to specifically commemorate Christ as king, and instituted the feast in the Western calendar in 1925.

In the 21st century many Western Christians, Catholic and Protestant, celebrate Christ the King Sunday, including Anglicans and Lutherans. Unfortunately, in some mainline Protestant churches, "king" language is not popular, and the feast is downplayed. However, in a chaotic and unjust world that seems to scorn any kind of authority, many Christians proudly celebrate Christ the King Sunday, where the loving and merciful - and just - king of the universe is praised and glorified.



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Catholic Forever I don't always miss it. Tho my Fiancee a muslim. But we gonna put our religious differences aside and build a committed and Happy Home

Behold the king!

Am up n grateful.. All thanks to Christ the King of d universe!!! Proudly Catholic

there's this song I love so much, its written by Fanny Crosby. please either you are a Catholic, or any other orthodox, please sing it with me as we are celebrating our Christ the king of the universe today.

1. praise Him! praise Him! Jesus our blessed Redeemer!
sing O earth His wonderful love Proclaim! hail Him! hail Him! highest arch angels in glory strength and honour give to His holy Name!
like a shepherd Jesus will guard His children,
in His arms he carries them all day long

praise Him! praise Him! tell of His excellent greatness
praise Him! praise Him ever in joyful song.

2. praise Him! praise Him! Jesus our blessed Redeemer!
for our sins He suffered and bled, and die; He our rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
hail Him! hail Him Jesus the crucified! sound His praises Jesus who bore our sorrows, love unbounded, wonderful, deep and strong;

3. praise! Him praise Him! Jesus our blessed Redeemer!
heavenly portal, loud with hosanas ring!
Jesus saviour, reigneth for ever and ever:
crown Him! crown Him! Prophet, and Priest, and King!
Christ is coming over the world victorious, power and glory unto the Lord belong;

je sue catholic..u can see without sayin much
bt never lived outside Saki....

Corpus christi...best sunday to serve mass as a mass server...

Christ is king from all ages. Hosanna to the king of kings!

Happy corpus christi to you all. But in anyway I forgot today was christ the king and the masses were collapse into one, I set out to attEnd the morning mass only to find out I was the only person in church.

All hail our Lord Jesus.... The King of kings and the Lords of lord...

The only King that gave up his glory for the sake of His people...

Some people call Him... "The Hand that breaketh Iron"...

Fr Mbaka calls Him "The being that swallow something that swallows something that swallows something... And the chain continues..." *i hope i got the translation right*

Make una no forget to feed us with pix from your own procession...

@Kamsified... Where did you keep my camera...

Christi Bu Eze! Though the songs being done here (Nairobi)is in Swahili, l just follow dey dance as the Church is Universal!

alphaconde:
Happy corpus christi to you all. But in anyway I forgot today was christ the king and the masses were collapse into one, I set out to attEnd the morning mass only to find out I was the only person in church.

lol

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All hail the King of Jews who was conceived without a sin! Halleluyah

Gloria in excelsis deo

Rich4god:
Make una no forget to feed us with pix from your own procession...

@Kamsified... Where did you keep my camera...

me wey de serve hw i go do na?

alphaconde:
Happy corpus christi to you all. But in anyway I forgot today was christ the king and the masses were collapse into one, I set out to attEnd the morning mass only to find out I was the only person in church.

lol.... You go be like... Everybody done go heaven leave you...

keandre:


me wey de serve hw i go do na?

Na there e go sweet pass... Those altar servers wey go help una dey fire charcoal, you fit give any of the ur camera so that him go use am snap... The more closer to the priests and servers, the better the pix.

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Ok....me no be Catholic but i remember say e dey for bible. Not withstanding the fact that im not a Catholic, I love them... Happy Sunday

Uh oh...I think I'm in the wrong place

How come everyone can comment on this thread?
Without being asked to profess your faith and it would be added to your profile, like I was rightly warned about a Muslim thread?

Hmmmm

OK

i love jesus but i dont go to church...i know he is not happy with me.pray for me people cos i am just about my money but i dont want to go to hell
. #keeping it real

k

Wetin this people no dey celebrate

The other day I was passing by when i saw one something OGU day with the picture of a young girl at the front of a catholic church...


Wetin una no dey celebrate

Christ

SalC:
It is that memorable time of the year again, when Catholics celebrate Jesus Christ as the king of glory,

In Matt 27:37, Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38 and John. 19:19. We see the bible repeating thesame testimony, Jesus, the king of the Jews as right as that may sound, the truth is Jesus is not just the king of the Jews but THE ETERNAL KING OF GLORY

Christians, especially othordox Christian celebrate this truth, Today, the Mother church celebrates this solemnity in grand style

Do you know today's celebration as Corpus Christi or Christ the King? It doesn't matter really, the most important thing is that we celebrate it to the glory of God.

Go to mass!
Join the procession!!

Celebrate and dance even like David did

Jesus Christ is the king, celebrate with much Joy.

b

Catholics and history eh..good for them, good for poopy and his children

mek i believe the one wey i see for mi bible #off to churchy

Rich4god:
Some people call Him... "The Hand that breaketh Iron"...

And more people even still call Him "Arugbo Ojo" (Ancient Of Days).