February 15, 2025
Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

CHRIST THE KING CATECHESIS: THE NEW ORDER OF KINGSHIP

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Rev. Fr. David Okolie

Dearest friends, you and I are very conversant with the idea of KINGSHIP. However, this our understanding of kingship, more often than not, aligns with the WORLDLYย understanding of it.

Well, while the WORLD is free to keep following its own idea of kingship, you and I, as *CHRISTIANS,* have the OBLIGATION to live out and also to recommend the *NEW ORDER OF KINGSHIP*, introduced by Jesus Christ; which is characterized by: Selfless sacrifice, Love, Care, Service, Humility, Reconciliation, Peace, etc.

Teaching about this New Order of Kingship, Jesus himself said this: โ€˜While among the Gentiles, their LEADERS DOMINATE them, it should not be so among you. The greatest among you should be your SERVANT’ย (cf. Mk 10:43-45). The Catechism, in very clear terms affirms the above thus:

Christ, KING and LORD of the universe, made himself the SERVANT of all, for he came “not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many””(cf. CCC n. 786, Matt 20:26).

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผTherefore, if we really want to REIGN with Christ as KING, both in this world and in heaven, we must listen to this:

For the Christian, “to REIGN is to SERVE him,” particularly when serving “the POOR and the SUFFERING, in whom the Church recognizes the image of her poor and suffering founder” The People of God fulfills its royal dignity by a life in keeping with its vocation to SERVE with Christ (cf. CCC n. 786, LG 8).

We pray the Blessed Virgin Mary to always support us with her powerful intercession. Amen๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

(cf. CATECHESIS โ€˜NKUZI NKE OKWUKWE’ FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF JESUS CHRIST, THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE (A);
READINGS: R1: Ezk 34:11-12.15-17, R2: 1 Cor 15:20-26.28, Gosp. Matt 25:31-46)

Happy Sunday and remain blessed!

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Rev. Fr. David Okolie is a Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Okigwe, Imo State, Nigeria. He is a prolific writer, retreat preacher and social media evangelizer.

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