Last Sunday was the Feast of Christ the King. 

As St Paul writes in his letter to the Colossians:

He is the image of the unseen God

and the first-born of all creation,

for in him were created

all things in heaven and on earth:

everything visible and everything invisible,

Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers –

all things were created through him and for him.

Before anything was created, he existed,

and he holds all things in unity.

Now the Church is his body,

he is its head.

As he is the Beginning,

he was first to be born from the dead,

so that he should be first in every way;

because God wanted all perfection

to be found in him

and all things to be reconciled through him and for him,

everything in heaven and everything on earth,

when he made peace

by his death on the cross.

There is so much in this reading about the nature of Jesus as both Human and Divine. There is also a great deal about God’s overwhelming love for us and his saving action which is achieved through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Advent starts on Sunday, and it is a great chance to ask ourselves: Is Christ the King in my life?

Prayer:

Lord, may we, like Mary Magdalene, follow Jesus faithfully in our lives. May we live lives of courage and mercy, of forgiveness and tenderness, of faith and tenacity.

Mary Magdalene

Pray for us

Amen