<TW>Weekend of 25 and 26 November 2006
- From: "Fr. Pat Umberger" <frpat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Fr. Pat Umberger" <frpat@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:55:51 -0600
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from Father Pat Umberger
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.=: V O L U M E 2 0 0 6 , Number 11-26 :=.
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The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, Year B.
Weekend of 25 and 26 November 2006
Follow this link for this weekend's Scriptures:
www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
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"His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his
kingship shall not be destroyed." Where is the Lord's dominion? How does
it affect us? Can we work for it's coming?
"To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, who has
made us into a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, to him be glory and
power forever and ever. Amen." How do we give God glory? Why did Jesus
free us from our sins? How? How were we worthy of this?
"Pilate said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" What was Pilate's
notion of a king? How did Jesus differ from human expectations of what a
king was?
How Jesus challenging as a king?
If Christ is our king, how do our lives have to change?
How are these Scriptures comforting? Challenging?
(c)MMVI Fr. Pat Umberger. These Reflection Questions are found each week at
the Web Site www.frpat.com. Feel free to link to this page or reproduce
them for parish use as long as this credit remains.
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This weekend is the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ our King! We can
consider the image of Jesus with a crown on his head, but also the image of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our Diocese has been consecrated to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus. Many of have enthroned the Sacred Heart in our homes as
well.
When we gaze at the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We might wonder
about this image of Jesus with his heart exposed. That image sometimes
concerns our children as well. Although Jesus didn't walk this earth with
his heart exposed like that, he *did* walk the earth with his heart burning
with love for us. The crown of thorns around his sacred heart is a reminder
that it wasn't easy for him.
In today's Gospel Pilate, the one who will order Jesus crucified, asks Jesus
if it is true that he is the king of the Jews. During his discourse Jesus
speaks about how we would live if we believed he were our king. Jesus says
he came into the world to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the
truth hears Jesus' voice.
We need to listen to Jesus voice. As we hear in our second reading, "I am
the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "the one who is and who was and
who is to come, the almighty." We need to live with Jesus as our king!
When we consecrate our homes and our lives to the Sacred Heart of Jesus we
simply acknowledge that Jesus is our king. Many who have enthroned an image
of Jesus' Sacred Heart in their homes have come to see the changes in family
life when they live with Christ as king of their house. We can't be
reminded too often that Christ is our king!
Sometimes our faith is a very personal one. A husband prays to God in
private, his wife does the same, and their children pray by themselves as
well. If we come together to enshrine an image of the Sacred Heart in our
homes those barriers begin to break down. We can come to have a new respect
for God and for one another. When we live with Christ as the king of our
household we find it easy to find the source of our strength. We begin to
allow Christ to take over our lives.
We are called to gather as God's family on Sundays and Holy Days, and to
receive the Eucharist. When we hear the charge, "Go in peace to love and
serve the Lord," we're sent back to our homes to live with Christ as our
king all week long.
We are surely called to live with Chris as King of our lives! We can treat
each other with great respect and reverence. We can continue to do Christ's
work in our world. Like Jesus, we can testify to the truth. Have a good
week!
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