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X-WR-CALDESC:On the last Sunday of each liturgical year\, the Church celebr
 ates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ\, King of the Universe\, or Ch
 rist the King. \n\nPope Pius XI instituted this feast in 1925 with his enc
 yclical Quas primas (“In the first”) to respond to growing secularism and 
 atheism.  He recognized that attempting to “thrust Jesus Christ and his ho
 ly law” out of public life would result in continuing discord among people
  and nations. This solemnity reminds us that while governments come and go
 \, Christ reigns as King forever.\n\nDuring the early twentieth century\, 
 in Mexico\, Russia\, and some parts of Europe\, militantly secularistic re
 gimes threatened not just the Catholic Church and its faithful but civiliz
 ation itself. Pope Pius XI’s encyclical gave Catholics hope and—while gove
 rnments around them crumbled—the assurance that Christ the King shall reig
 n forever.  Jesus Christ “is very truth\, and it is from him that truth mu
 st be obediently received by all mankind” (Quas primas\, 7).\n\nChrist’s k
 ingship is rooted in the Church’s teaching on the Incarnation.  Jesus is f
 ully God and fully man.  He is both the divine Lord and the man who suffer
 ed and died on the Cross.  One person of the Trinity unites himself to hum
 an nature and reigns over all creation as the Incarnate Son of God.  “From
  this it follows not only that Christ is to be adored by angels and men\, 
 but that to him as man angels and men are subject\, and must recognize his
  empire\; by reason of the hypostatic union Christ has power over all crea
 tures” (Quas primas\, 13).\n\nThe Church calls us to acknowledge Christ’s 
 kingship with our whole lives:\n\nHe must reign in our minds\, which shoul
 d assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to
  the doctrines of Christ. He must reign in our wills\, which should obey t
 he laws and precepts of God. He must reign in our hearts\, which should sp
 urn natural desires and love God above all things\, and cleave to him alon
 e. He must reign in our bodies and in our members\, which should serve as 
 instruments for the interior sanctification of our souls\, or to use the w
 ords of the Apostle Paul\, ‘as instruments of justice unto God.’ -Quas pri
 mas\, 33\n\nToday\, religious freedom for many people means that we can be
 lieve whatever we want in private\, but when we enter the public square or
  the marketplace\, we may not speak of anything that relates to our faith.
   However\, the Church acknowledges the reign of Christ\, not only private
 ly\, but publicly.  This solemnity encourages us the celebrate and live ou
 t our faith in public.  “Thus by sermons preached at meetings and in churc
 hes\, by public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament exposed and by solemn p
 rocessions\, men unite in paying homage to Christ\, whom God has given the
 m for their King” (Quas primas\, 26).\n\nFor Christians\, when our faith i
 s repeatedly marginalized in public life\, we can fall into the habit of c
 ompartmentalizing our lives.  We love Jesus in our private lives\, but we 
 shrink from acknowledging the kingship of Christ in social life.  When we 
 celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King\, we declare to the world and r
 emind ourselves that Jesus is the Lord of the Church and of the entire uni
 verse.\n\nQuas primas © 1925\, Libreria Editrice Vaticana\, Vatican City S
 tate. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
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DESCRIPTION:On the last Sunday of each liturgical year\, the Church celebra
 tes the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ\, King of the Universe\, or Chr
 ist the King. \n\nPope Pius XI instituted this feast in 1925 with his ency
 clical Quas primas (“In the first”) to respond to growing secularism and a
 theism.  He recognized that attempting to “thrust Jesus Christ and his hol
 y law” out of public life would result in continuing discord among people 
 and nations. This solemnity reminds us that while governments come and go\
 , Christ reigns as King forever.\n\nDuring the early twentieth century\, i
 n Mexico\, Russia\, and some parts of Europe\, militantly secularistic reg
 imes threatened not just the Catholic Church and its faithful but civiliza
 tion itself. Pope Pius XI’s encyclical gave Catholics hope and—while gover
 nments around them crumbled—the assurance that Christ the King shall reign
  forever.  Jesus Christ “is very truth\, and it is from him that truth mus
 t be obediently received by all mankind” (Quas primas\, 7).\n\nChrist’s ki
 ngship is rooted in the Church’s teaching on the Incarnation.  Jesus is fu
 lly God and fully man.  He is both the divine Lord and the man who suffere
 d and died on the Cross.  One person of the Trinity unites himself to huma
 n nature and reigns over all creation as the Incarnate Son of God.  “From 
 this it follows not only that Christ is to be adored by angels and men\, b
 ut that to him as man angels and men are subject\, and must recognize his 
 empire\; by reason of the hypostatic union Christ has power over all creat
 ures” (Quas primas\, 13).\n\nThe Church calls us to acknowledge Christ’s k
 ingship with our whole lives:\n\nHe must reign in our minds\, which should
  assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to 
 the doctrines of Christ. He must reign in our wills\, which should obey th
 e laws and precepts of God. He must reign in our hearts\, which should spu
 rn natural desires and love God above all things\, and cleave to him alone
 . He must reign in our bodies and in our members\, which should serve as i
 nstruments for the interior sanctification of our souls\, or to use the wo
 rds of the Apostle Paul\, ‘as instruments of justice unto God.’ -Quas prim
 as\, 33\n\nToday\, religious freedom for many people means that we can bel
 ieve whatever we want in private\, but when we enter the public square or 
 the marketplace\, we may not speak of anything that relates to our faith. 
  However\, the Church acknowledges the reign of Christ\, not only privatel
 y\, but publicly.  This solemnity encourages us the celebrate and live out
  our faith in public.  “Thus by sermons preached at meetings and in church
 es\, by public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament exposed and by solemn pr
 ocessions\, men unite in paying homage to Christ\, whom God has given them
  for their King” (Quas primas\, 26).\n\nFor Christians\, when our faith is
  repeatedly marginalized in public life\, we can fall into the habit of co
 mpartmentalizing our lives.  We love Jesus in our private lives\, but we s
 hrink from acknowledging the kingship of Christ in social life.  When we c
 elebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King\, we declare to the world and re
 mind ourselves that Jesus is the Lord of the Church and of the entire univ
 erse.\n\nQuas primas © 1925\, Libreria Editrice Vaticana\, Vatican City St
 ate. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
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SUMMARY:Christ the King
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