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~The Feast of Christ the

King~

In the Novus Ordo, the Feast ofChrist

the King (properly the Solemnity of

Christ the King in the Latin Rite of the

Catholic Church) falls on the Sunday

before the First Sunday of Advent.

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"That in the name of Jesusevery knee should bow, of

those that are in Heaven, on

earth and under the earth:

And that every tongue should

confess that the Lord Jesus

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Christ is in the glory of God the

Father."

Philippians 2:10-11

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Christ Himself speaks of

His Own kingly authority:

in His last discourse,

speaking of the rewards

and punishments that will

be the eternal lot of the

just and the damned; in

His reply to the Roman

magistrate, who asked

Him publicly whether He

were a king or not; afterHis resurrection, when

giving to His Apostles the

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mission of teaching and

Baptizing all nations, He

took the opportunity to

call Himself king,

confirming the title

publicly, and solemnly

proclaimed that all power

was given Him in Heaven

and on earth. These

words can only be taken

to indicate the greatnessof his power, the infinite

extent of His kingdom.

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What wonder, then, that

He Whom St. John calls

the "prince of the kings

of the earth" appears in

the Apostle's vision of the

future as He Who "hath

on His garment and on

His thigh written 'King of

kings and Lord of lords!'."

It is Christ Whom the

Father "hath appointedheir of all things"; "for

He must reign until at

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the end of the world

He hath put all his

enemies under the

feet of God and the

Father."

It was surely right, then,

in view of the common

teaching of the sacred

books, that the Catholic

Church, which is the

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kingdom of Christ on

earth, destined to be

spread among all men

and all nations, should

with every token of

veneration salute her

Author and Founder in

her annual liturgy as King

and Lord, and as King of

Kings. And, in fact, she

used these titles, givingexpression with

wonderful variety of

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language to one and the

same concept, both in

ancient psalmody and in

the Sacramentaries.

Origin and history

in the CatholicChurch

Pope Pius XI instituted the

Feast of Christ the King in

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his 1925 encyclical letterQuasPrimas, in response to growingnationalism and secularism. InPope John XXIII's 1960 revisionof the Calendar, the date andtitle remained the same and, inthe new simpler ranking of

feasts, it was classified as afeast of the first class.

In his 1969 motu proprioMysterii Paschalis, Pope Paul VI

gave the celebration a new title:"D. N. Iesu Christi universorumRegis" (Our Lord Jesus ChristKing of the Universe). He also

gave it a new date: the lastSunday in the liturgical year,before a new year begins withthe First Sunday in Advent, the

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earliest date for which is 27November. Through this choiceof date "the eschatologicalimportance of this Sunday ismade clearer".[2] He assigned toit the highest rank, that of"Solemnity".

As happens with all Sundayswhose liturgies are replaced bythose of important feasts, theprayers of the Sunday on which

the celebration of Christ theKing falls are used on the ferias(weekdays) of the followingweek. The Sunday liturgy is thus

not totally omitted.The liturgical vestments for theday are colored white and/or

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gold, in keeping with otherjoyous feasts honoring Christ.

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Prayer to Christ theKing

O CHRIST, JESUS, I

acknowledge Thee as

Universal King. For Thee all

creatures have been made.Do Thou exercise over me

all the rights that Thou hast.

Renew my Baptismal Vows, I

renounce Satan, with all his

works and pomps, and I

promise to live as a goodCatholic: Especially, do I

pledge myself, by all the

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means in my power, to bring

about the triumph of the

rights of God and of ThyChurch.

Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer

Thee all my poor actions to

obtain that all hearts mayrecognize Thy Sacred

Royalty, and that thus the

reign of Thy Peace may be

established throughout the

entire world.

Amen.

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