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We found this prayer card of Christ the King a few years ago in America. The Book of Revelation proclaims Jesus Christ as the 'ruler of kings on earth' (Rev 1:5). In his encyclical Quas Primas, which introduced this great feast in 1925, Pope Pius XI stated that; Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ. It will call to their minds the thought of the last judgment, wherein Christ, who has been cast out of public life, despised, neglected and ignored, will most severely avenge these insults; for his kingly dignity demands that the State should take account of the commandments of God and of Christian principles, both in making laws and in administering justice, and also in providing for the young a sound moral education (QS para 32).
It is worth pondering these words in our times when the 'rights of God' and His Church, and therefore of the innocent, are being increasingly denied by prideful governments throughout the world.
It is also important to recall the words of our present Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, who reminds the people of our time that Christ's reign is a reign of love, humilty and self sacrifice in the service of others; Christ is a king who empties Himself and comes to save poor sinners; His crown is therefore expressed in thorns and His throne is a cross.Â
Pope Benedict teaches;
The feast of Christ the King is therefore not a feast of those who are subjugated, but a feast of those who know that they are in the hands of the one who writes straight on crooked lines.Â
Psalm 28: 10-11 confirms our hope;
The Lord will reign forever and will give His people the gift of peace.Â
We drove back to Liverpool to attend the Tridentine Mass which priests of the Latin Mass Society offer each Sunday afternoon in St. Anthony's on Scotland Road.
As you can see the splendid interior of the Church provides a worthy setting. The Mass was deeply prayerful and the LMS Mass books helped us to maintain that full and active participation of the heart which the Second Vatican Council so desired.Afterwards we visited our good friends the Rushton family in Bootle where we were treated to a sumptuous lamb dinner, followed by delicious banana and toffee deserts!
(Thanks to the person who texted us to let us know that the pro-life story we recently posted about Bootle's home-grown, football hero, Jamie Carragher was also featured in the Catholic Times on page 7 as the main subject of  Fr. Francis Marsden's column for this week).
