Christ the King Revisited

Tomorrow is the feast of Christ the King according the the Novus Ordo calendar. For this occasion, Jack Kenny has written a witty piece published by the New American. Excerpt:

Yet many Christians today seem reluctant to see Christ as King. Oh, they may think they will accept him as King when he comes at the end of the age. But they gladly put off any recognition of his kingship until then, imagining that in the meantime, the Lord Jesus Christ is staying out of the way and scrupulously observing the constitutional “separation of church and state.” They would like to keep him in the cradle at Bethlehem or in the dock before Pilate, though I am sure most are much too humane to want him back on the cross at Calvary. I suppose they would like him as a senior advisor or chief pollster or coordinator of focus groups.

For more on the Feast (and the doctrine) of Christ the King, see: For Christ the King, and  The Catholic World of Father Denis Fahey.

For more on Kingship in general, see: Time for Kings, The Hands of the King, and Saint Louis IX and Politics.

Viva Christo Rey!