Sunday Inspiration - Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

This Sunday is the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. This is the last Sunday of the Church year and so we finish the year by celebrating the King of Kings. Next week we begin the season of Advent in which we prepare for the coming of Our Lord. Below is the Gospel reading for this feast, a quote from St. Augustine, and the Collect from the old Roman Missal. I pray that these will help direct all who read them to Our Lord and King, Jesus Christ.

St. John 18-33-37

Pilate said to Jesus,"Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you say this on your own or have others told you about me?" Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here." So Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

"For He Who on earth is called the King of the Jews, in heaven is Lord of the Angels"
-St. Augustine

Collect from the old Roman missal:

Almighty and eternal God,
who hast willed to restore all things in Thy beloved Son,
the King of the whole creation:
mercifully grant that all the peoples of the human family
which have been disunited by the wound of sin
may become subject to the most sweet dominion of Him:
Who liveth and reigneth, with Thee
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, world without end.
Amen.