We have all heard (beautiful) sermons and homilies on God who humbled Himself such to become man. YET how many times have we actually delved into this truth? …pondering a while this GREAT KING who refuses to be proud?! In a few days time Advent will commence! It is a time whereby we shall wait with hope and in preparation so that we may celebrate the birth of the Child Jesus. A time whereby we shall reflect further on this great and wonderous miracle! In so doing we are bound to recall these words:
“Do not fear, Mary, for God has looked kindly on you. You shall conceive and bear a son and you shall call Him Jesus. He will be great and shall rightly be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the kingdom of David, His ancestor; He will rule over the people of Jacob forever and His reign shall have no end.”
(Luke 1:30-33)
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We rejoice at the miraculous birth of this Holy Child on Christmas Day!
YET we celebrate
the Feast of the King of Kings
…we just did!
Last Sunday!!!! :-)
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“Do not fear, Mary, for God has looked kindly on you. You shall conceive and bear a son and you shall call Him Jesus. He will be great and shall rightly be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the kingdom of David, His ancestor; He will rule over the people of Jacob forever and His reign shall have no end.” (Luke 1:30-33)
Life begins at the moment of conception and right from the very start Mary is told:
"He will be great and shall rightly be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the kingdom of David, His ancestor; He will rule over the people of Jacob Forever and His reign shall have no end.” (Luke 1:32-33)
Mary is told …We are told!
A King …or rather THE King… is on His way!
Right from moment 1 (this being conception) we are told!!!!!
NO MISTAKE ABOUT THAT!!!!! :-)
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Yet who is this King?
One can say loads about this King ...i guess... yet NO ONE can answer that FOR anybody! Each one us us must answer that for him/herself.
Who is this King to YOU?
Have YOU met Him?
Do YOU know Him?
WHO is this King?
I can ONLY answer for myself!
The reason: Christ is the same yesterday, today and always YET Christ is different to each and every one of us …depending on what relationship we have with Him. :-)
Does Christ love us the same? DEFINITELY!
Does Christ care for me, just a ruth (i.e. who sins as bad as anyone else) as He cares for the holiest person on earth? DEFINITELY! …hmmm I’m tempted to say that, precisely for the same reason, God might actually give me a little more attention ;-)
Yet this King is different to each of us:
My name is ruth and I am me YET the relationship I have with different people leads them to see and relate to “ruth” differently. For my parents, WHO HAVE CO-OPERATED WITH GOD (thank you pa u ma) in order that I may have life, I am ruth: daughter, cherished, this that and the other etc… For my friends, whom I see or speak with less frequently I am still ruth but a “different” ruth! I am me all along …but the interpretation of “ruth” will vary according to how well the person knows me! It is the same for anybody! It is the same for Christ too. (vis a vis how we humans relate to Him and not vice versa! God knows the REAL me whether I relate to Him or not!)
WHO is this King?
YOU must answer! NO ONE can answer that FOR YOU!!
i must answer! NO ONE can do that FOR ME!!
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It is said that pictures are worth a thousand words:
That ^ is the picture which speaks best of the King whom i have come to know* :-)
(“Know” sounds presumptious ...yet it is God Himself who comes to us! Hence if I …or anyone for that matter… have met and come to know Christ it is NOT because i deserve to know but solely because God in His BIG and infinate mercy reveals Himself to us! God does so particularly through His Word, The Catholic Teachings, the Sacraments and through Holy People …and I have met many of the latter! Also by “know” I do not mean COMPLETELY know!! Far from it!!!! A human mind and heart can never come to fully know God! …well those who know Christ know what I mean ;-) …and they know it is hard/impossible to explain what I mean lol!)
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