Today is the feast of Christ the King celebrated in the whole world by Roman Catholic. And I, Obeya Friday want to use this opportunity to throw more light on what really is "Christ the King" and how it started in the Roman Catholic.
Today's text are as follows:
First reading: Prophet Ezekiel 34:11-12.15-17
Responsorial Psalms: Psalms 23
Second reading: 1Corinthians 15:20-26.28
Gospel reading: Matthew 25:31-46
The photos and videos herein are from the procession of Christ the King, St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Church, Orile Agege Lagos, NIGERIA.
Therefore, the earliest date on which it can occur is 20 November and the latest is 26 November. Traditional Catholics observe it on its original date, the last Sunday of October. The Anglican, Lutheran, and many other Protestant churches adopted it along with the Revised Common Lectionary, occasionally referring to it as Christ the King Sunday.
It is also observed on the same computed date as the final Sunday of the ecclesiastical year, the Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent, by Western rite parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Roman Catholics adhering to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite as permitted under the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum use the General Roman Calendar of 1960, and as such continue to observe the Solemnity on its original date of the final Sunday of October.
Date of observation
Final Sunday of the Liturgical Calendar (being the Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent); from 20–26 November, inclusive or final Sunday of October.2016 date
20 November (ordinary form); 30 October (extraordinary form)2017 date
26 November (ordinary form); 29 October (extraordinary form)2018 date
25 November (ordinary form); 28 October (extraordinary form)2019 date
24 November (ordinary form); 27 October (extraordinary form)Frequency of observation
AnnuallyDate it started
31 October 1926How Christ the King start in the Catholic Church
Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in his encyclical letter "Quas primas" of 1925, in response to growing secularism and in the context of the unresolved "Roman Question".
According to Cyril of Alexandria, "Christ has dominion over all creatures, ...by essence and by nature." His kingship is founded upon the hypostatic union. "...The Word of God, as consubstantial with the Father, has all things in common with him, and therefore has necessarily supreme and absolute dominion over all things created."
"From this it follows that to Christ angels and men are subject. Christ is also King by acquired, as well as by natural right, for he is our Redeemer. ...' We are no longer our own property, for Christ has purchased us "with a great price"; our very bodies are the "members of Christ." A third ground of sovereignty is that God bestowed upon Christ the nations of the world as His special possession and dominion. "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me." (Matthew 28:18)
The feast has an eschatological dimension pointing to the end of time when the kingdom of Jesus will be established in all its fullness to the ends of the earth. It also leads into Advent, when the Church commemorates the arrival of the newborn king.
Watch the video belowSee more photos from the procession
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