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~The Feast of Christ the
King~
In the Novus Ordo, the Feast ofChrist
the King (properly the Solemnity of
Christ the King in the Latin Rite of the
Catholic Church) falls on the Sunday
before the First Sunday of Advent.
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"That in the name of Jesusevery knee should bow, of
those that are in Heaven, on
earth and under the earth:
And that every tongue should
confess that the Lord Jesus
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Christ is in the glory of God the
Father."
Philippians 2:10-11
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Christ Himself speaks of
His Own kingly authority:
in His last discourse,
speaking of the rewards
and punishments that will
be the eternal lot of the
just and the damned; in
His reply to the Roman
magistrate, who asked
Him publicly whether He
were a king or not; afterHis resurrection, when
giving to His Apostles the
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mission of teaching and
Baptizing all nations, He
took the opportunity to
call Himself king,
confirming the title
publicly, and solemnly
proclaimed that all power
was given Him in Heaven
and on earth. These
words can only be taken
to indicate the greatnessof his power, the infinite
extent of His kingdom.
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What wonder, then, that
He Whom St. John calls
the "prince of the kings
of the earth" appears in
the Apostle's vision of the
future as He Who "hath
on His garment and on
His thigh written 'King of
kings and Lord of lords!'."
It is Christ Whom the
Father "hath appointedheir of all things"; "for
He must reign until at
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the end of the world
He hath put all his
enemies under the
feet of God and the
Father."
It was surely right, then,
in view of the common
teaching of the sacred
books, that the Catholic
Church, which is the
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kingdom of Christ on
earth, destined to be
spread among all men
and all nations, should
with every token of
veneration salute her
Author and Founder in
her annual liturgy as King
and Lord, and as King of
Kings. And, in fact, she
used these titles, givingexpression with
wonderful variety of
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language to one and the
same concept, both in
ancient psalmody and in
the Sacramentaries.
Origin and history
in the CatholicChurch
Pope Pius XI instituted the
Feast of Christ the King in
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his 1925 encyclical letterQuasPrimas, in response to growingnationalism and secularism. InPope John XXIII's 1960 revisionof the Calendar, the date andtitle remained the same and, inthe new simpler ranking of
feasts, it was classified as afeast of the first class.
In his 1969 motu proprioMysterii Paschalis, Pope Paul VI
gave the celebration a new title:"D. N. Iesu Christi universorumRegis" (Our Lord Jesus ChristKing of the Universe). He also
gave it a new date: the lastSunday in the liturgical year,before a new year begins withthe First Sunday in Advent, the
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earliest date for which is 27November. Through this choiceof date "the eschatologicalimportance of this Sunday ismade clearer".[2] He assigned toit the highest rank, that of"Solemnity".
As happens with all Sundayswhose liturgies are replaced bythose of important feasts, theprayers of the Sunday on which
the celebration of Christ theKing falls are used on the ferias(weekdays) of the followingweek. The Sunday liturgy is thus
not totally omitted.The liturgical vestments for theday are colored white and/or
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gold, in keeping with otherjoyous feasts honoring Christ.
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Prayer to Christ theKing
O CHRIST, JESUS, I
acknowledge Thee as
Universal King. For Thee all
creatures have been made.Do Thou exercise over me
all the rights that Thou hast.
Renew my Baptismal Vows, I
renounce Satan, with all his
works and pomps, and I
promise to live as a goodCatholic: Especially, do I
pledge myself, by all the
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means in my power, to bring
about the triumph of the
rights of God and of ThyChurch.
Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer
Thee all my poor actions to
obtain that all hearts mayrecognize Thy Sacred
Royalty, and that thus the
reign of Thy Peace may be
established throughout the
entire world.
Amen.
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