Christ the King and the Club Q Shootings
This weekend -- the last weekend before Advent begins -- is the Feast of Christ the King. It's a reminder of WHO we are awaiting as we enter Advent as well as a reminder that all the Christmas Joy is not about shepherds and wise men and little lambs and mangers. Instead, it is about the Incarnation of the King of the Universe: God became man, lived, died, and rose to His Throne on high. And so the Church asks us, before we pull out the advent wreaths and before we hang tinsel, put up trees, and turn on carols, to reflect on what the Kingship of Christ is. What does it mean ? I've written before and shared before about many of the things I've felt about the humility of Christ's coming as a little baby, the fact he bears his wounds while he is King, the reality that if we are part of the Body of Christ, we have a share in his Kingship. But that's not what I want to talk about today. Father Nick gave a homily last night about how Monarchs in the Old World -- of which...