heavenly situation by rule Solemnity of Christ the King
sermon in the Abbey Church of St. Ottilie
Sunday 21 November 2010 (Year C)
Father Willibrord Driever OSB love Christians!
all people pray, if they are active religious: Jews and Christians, Buddhists and Muslims pray including Gentiles.
What is our prayer to a Christian prayer?
As we pray through Jesus Christ to the Father. The
is expressed when we at the beginning of hl. Mass every day's prayers conclude with a formula: "We ask this through Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord and God, who lives in the unity of the Holy Spirit with you and reigns forever and ever."
Some priests change this formula, without permission.
you say: "We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord and God, who lives in the unity of the Holy Spirit with you and be there for us."
Or, "the lives and loves with you."
avoid "the perception that" the word. Unfortunately, these priests no explanation as to why they "rule" avoid the word. So one can speculate about the motives of their actions only.
- Maybe they think the word "rule" is unreasonable for democracy spoiled ears of Christians in the 21st Century,
- Maybe it bothers them that there be as one should, which should prevail as the only still should have to say that is something
- might have made personal bad experiences with authority figures and then transfer their negative experiences Christ .
in resistance to the spirit we are celebrating the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
What we are concerned with this rule Jesus Christ, the Church today, on the last Sunday of the liturgical year, confesses to the world?
Jesus Christ was appointed by the father to lead the people of God and in this sense, a true leader to be.
The first reading is like the tip of a light cone that extends from the darkness and confusion of the story into the future and focused on Christ. David was anointed as king over Israel. It was a kingdom, not without ambiguity and infidelity. A real, true king, a perfect shepherd should come much later, long after David, the Messiah Christ. He should be there, sitting on the throne of his father's reign without end.
His rule has a deeply divine origin. And he has dominion over all. "For in him all things were created. And everything has been created through him and for him. "This is the creed of the
second reading, from the Epistle to the Colossians.
Christ is the first, because he is ahead of all others.
And he is the model for all others.
Through him, an eye on him the Father has everything planned and created.
Christ is the firstborn from the dead.
And all the things Christ has an absolute rule.
All values are contained in it and will collect in it as a focal point.
And everything in it is reconciled with God.
So it sounds like a hymn in the Epistle to the Colossians.
These are big words and big secrets. We ask in return: How and when and why should it be so done? There
is a clear indication of a historical event: namely, his death on the cross and the shedding of his blood, "The peace has donated his blood on the Cross."
means: the things of creation, humanity - they are not exempt or why they do not enter into the kingdom of God such as reason, because they have a quality that by itself would have already, or because they were entitled to it or because they obey an inner law of development would. No. But why: because Jesus instituted by his death on the cross peace through his blood.
This yields for us the viewing direction and direction of our lives: namely, the cross of Jesus. Brother Conrad of Parzham had understood this. He said: "The cross is my book. will pray
The preparation of the gifts we are. "He who died for us to give all people unity and peace"
(gifts prayer) And in the
Preface we proclaim: "As a spotless lamb and peacemaking victims he has offered on the altar of the cross, to carry out the work of redemption. "
This is pretty much the opposite from what I was reading a book entitled "Zen for Christians." Here is the statement: ". We look not to the cross, what is destroying lives, but we look at ourselves, from within,"
In the Gospel of Luke presents Lordship of Jesus. It is a parody of "Jesus is King of the Jews on the throne of a cross. It is the memory of another parody occurs in the praetorian guard of Pontius Pilate
Jesus on the cross in his kingdom. The cross is the throne of the Messiah-king. And so it no doubt is possible, quoted the Cross Luke Title: "it was an inscription: This is the King of the Jews - as meant mockery, and yet it is so incredible truth that they are black and white captured the eyes of the entire human history has to be.
reminds of a different establishment Jesus in his Messianic kingship: At his baptism the voice from heaven: "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
And Luke adds a scene: "The soldiers also mocked him: help If you are the king of the Jews, yourself!"
The world understands the title of Jesus and his kingdom in its meaning: just as external, political Size attribution. Jesus be denied the fulfillment of these concepts. He does not want his kingdom is attributed to him from the outside when he appears as a magician and escape his fate. Jesus has also refused to cast stones into bread.
But he wants his kingdom just branch off the fact that he can stand in his lot and the father is retained his loyalty.
After the Old Testament, has witnessed the enthronement of two persons: the transfiguration of Jesus were Moses and Elijah. At the resurrection of Jesus and his ascension there were two angels. And at his enthronement on Calvary there were two witnesses: two criminals.
Luke wants to show how Jesus's Lordship understands: that all people, even about his enemies. And his kingship is that he offers to all people forgiveness. The first Adam had lost through the sin of distrust towards God's paradise. Christ is the new Adam: it helps the whole human race to enter the lost paradise.
This will succeed only if we accept God's forgiveness as well.
Jesus creates a new humanity freed from alienation by sin. He opened the repentant thief on the opportunity to participate in this new humanity in paradise. The forgiveness of Jesus is limitless, and we share this boundless forgiveness of Jesus Borders, if we accept the forgiveness not - as they did not accept the other thief.
So this is the way in which Jesus Christ reigns. And this rule is the only one that we can submit ourselves to deliver fearless and.
