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Fr. Mike's Gospel Reflection - November 24, 2024

This Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. In the Gospel, Jesus tells Pilate that the sole purpose of His coming into the world was “to testify to the Truth.” The Psalm proclaims the foundational Truth of our faith: “The Lord is King.” In this celebration we are reminded that God is our only King.


We are invited to follow our King, but the choice is ours to make. God will not force us to choose to follow Him and He will not prevent us from choosing to have things our way. If we choose to follow God, we are choosing to faithfully obey His will, which, according to St. Paul, leads to righteousness and salvation. We are choosing to follow His most important commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you.” We are choosing to follow His example: “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Thus, love and service are the hallmarks of true followers of Jesus and members of His eternal and glorious kingdom.


The challenge of the Solemnity of Christ the King is to choose to follow our King. The invitation today is to give of ourselves to completely belong to Jesus and to His Kingdom. We are asked to make this our most important priority and to view all else only in terms of how love and service help us to belong fully to Jesus.


While we must strive to make wise choices, the good news is that, even if we do not always choose correctly, the Lord knows our hearts. Jesus deeply appreciates those who strive to follow Him and who acknowledge that they are not kings of their own lives and who choose to surrender to Jesus. He knows whether we truly seek Him in our own small and broken fashion or whether we have made other choices.


How do we acknowledge Jesus as King and choose to strive to into His Kingdom? By choosing: to believe in Jesus and what He said and did; to give over to Him absolute power in our lives; to make peace, justice and love our primary values; and, to work at spreading the Kingdom by loving and forgiving.

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