FR REMI HOMILIES/REFLECTIONS AND SERMONS

Homily for the 34th Sunday in the Ordinary Time, Year C.  Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.  2 Samuel 5:1-3; Psalm 122:1-2,4-5; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43. Today, being the 34th Sunday in the ordinary time of the liturgical calendar of the church is in the same vein, the last Sunday of the ordinary time of year C. Today, the Holy Mother Church celebrates the solemnity of Christ the king of the universe.  Today's liturgy in the first reading commenced by alluding to the earthly kingdom of Israel, where it recalled the anointing of David as King of Israel. God has chosen Israel as his own and sent not only prophets but even kings to govern it when the people insisted on having an earthly ruler or king. Accordingly, of all the kings who sat on the throne and ruled Israel, David was the greatest of them all.  It is in this light that the liturgy of today speaking of the kingdom of Israel guides us to recall that Jesus of Nazareth was of the...