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Christ the King
Christ the King “You shall shepherd my people Israel and shall be commander of Israel.'"(2 Samuel 5)
At the end of each liturgical year, the Church celebrates the universal Kingship of Christ, reminding us that all must be subject to the One chosen by God as Shepherd of His People.
In the first reading, we glimpse this universal kingship in David's image and election. All the tribes come to make him King. He must unite and protect those who serve the Lord and keep his laws. But this is only an image, perfectly fulfilled in his descendant, Jesus, the son of Joseph of David's house (Cf. Matthew 1:20).
This King, according to Luke, suffers on the cross for his People. He is the Shepherd who bears the sins of his flock to save it. As Isaiah says: "Yet it was our pain that he bore, our sufferings he endured.
We saw him as stricken, struck down by God and afflicted, but he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore our punishment; by his wounds we were healed (Isaiah 53:4-5). The world cannot accept such a king, lacking the Spirit's wisdom to grasp the truth. Jesus is the King of the Universe because he alone offered himself so we may live. Through his sacrifice, the world is redeemed and saved. Christus vin cit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat!
