November 25, 2007
Christ the King

Christ the King

What dominates our culture? This is a fair question to ask. The answer may contain one or more of the following words: Greed, pride, selfishness, fear, prejudices, and self-righteousness. All these words are just some that come to mind. Where do we find the opposite words to those listed: generosity, humility, altruism, confidence, tolerance and the word that encompasses all of them, LOVE.

The fruits of those forces that rule in our culture, and in every nation of this world, are as obvious as the huge pile of rubble and debris that sits in the heart of New York City today, as clear as the pictures of starving children in Africa and Asia that come to us on television each night and as manifested in the number of homeless beaten, battered, abused, drug-dependant people who live on our streets or are hidden away in our middle class homes.

This Sunday we assert the gospel message, the message that Christ is in Charge, He is our King, that we find in Him all those words and actions that stand in opposition to the dominant words and action of culture and society. We assert the gospel message that not only is Christ in charge but the peace that we need, the hope we need, can be found in him, now, today. That the peace our world needs, the peace our culture needs is coming through Him, on the day that God has chosen. Christ the King, our Lord, our Righteousness, is one who heals, who forgives, who restores: one who refuses to take up the sword to protect himself or call ten thousand angels to keep him from the cross, one who even as he dies promises us, as he promised the repentant thief on the cross beside him, to remember us when he comes into his kingdom.

May we live within that kingdom that has no end.

Silito

Take a look at some of the previous messages from the Rector