Today is the Feast of Christ the King, conclusion of the liturgical year in the Catholic calendar.
“Feast of Christ the King, also called Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is a festival celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church in honour of Jesus Christ as lord over all creation. Essentially a magnification of the Feast of the Ascension, it was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925″.
Next Sunday is the beginning of another liturgical year in which we start with the season of Advent. It is a time we look forward to as preparation of Christmas, four weeks of Advent Sundays before Christmas. The word Advent comes from the Latin adventus, meaning “arrival” or “coming” from the word advenire (ad- “to” venire “come”).
Advent 2019 begins on December 1 and ends on December 24. The themes that correspond to each week are the following:
Week 1: Hope (or promise)
Week 2: Preparation (or waiting or prophecy)
Week 3: Joy (or peace)
Week 4: Love (or adoration)
It was so nice to meet our good friend Fr. Aly again who is now the Parish Priest and Rector of the the Shrine of Our Lady of Light here in our town. For eight years, I’ve missed listening to his lovely and meaningful homilies. He was the one who officiated on Nissa’s wedding eight years ago. Meeting old friends, what a wonderful treasure.
By the way, Cristo Rey are Spanish words for Christ the King. Have a blessed Sunday everyone.
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Always interesting to read about your celebratory days, Arlene.
It’s just a normal Sunday for us in Beetley. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you. So looking forward to Advent.
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We had a lovely Mass with the priest emphasizing the thief’s request to “remember me.” He told us remember has a deep meaning of almost feeling the other person as you think of them. I liked that addition to the text. So looking forward to Advent. My granddaughter’s class is in charge of the Advent wreath making next weekend. Very exciting.
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That is so good to know Elizabeth. Looking forward to Advent too.
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