Christ the King
Gospel from Matthew 25: 31-46
As the Church celebrates the Feast of Christ the King, it marks another year in the life of my faith; I supposed this must be the reality for all Roman Catholics. Feast of Christ the Soverign King, is a feast celebrated at the beginning of another Liturgical Year and the mark to the coming of Advent, in preparation for Christmas. This feast began by Pope Pius in 1925 in response to the rise in secularism and nationalism, is still a very appropriate feast to be celebrated in the 21st century.
What does this personally means to me as an individual today?
Last week was a week marked by an internal struggle within me. About a weeek ago an individual used my name to justify the need not to do certain tasks; that particular individual made use of my name without my knowledge. Adding on top of this, that individual broke a promise made to car pool one Friday evening. And again this week, I found out that lies were told about certain facts.
Indeed I did get upset and bitter: I showed my frustrations. I realised it is never easy to hold on to our kind nature - no matter how hard I try, with the help of prayer, I ultimately do fall.
Thus, the Feast of Christ the King is a feast that challenges me to look at my bearing in life. I thank God that no matter how imperfect I am, I am grateful that each moment I fall I have always decided to battle on with my Catholic life. No matter how imperfect I am, I decided that I will pick myself up, pray again and with the help of God to continue my journey towards Christian Perfection.
And this is life, our surroundings may never be a bed of roses to our opinions or way of life. But, it never means we should give up the good fight asked for by the Gospel; cloth the naked, feed the poor, visit the imprison...Jesus says, if we do any of these acts to others, we do it for Him.