“Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Today, the twenty-eighth and last Sunday after Pentecost, brings to a conclusion the great – perhaps long is a better word for it – season of time after Pentecost. For that matter, it brings to an end the entire cycle of the church…

We have learned to embrace God as all-loving, all-caring, and all-forgiving. On this Christ the King Sunday we might imagine God as the ultimate benevolent ruler—one who takes care of his subjects and provides a peaceful, safe, and satisfying environment. Wouldn’t we be pleased with a ruler who welcomes everyone, outcasts and all, who tended…

Prayer: When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, all the nations will be gathered before him and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. The message for today is the Kingdom of Heaven, as it was for the…

Today is the Sunday of the Christian year that is sometimes called the Feast of Christ the King; it is the last Sunday before Advent. Sunday after Sunday, 52 Sundays of the year, we say out loud and together, “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom…

Until the thirteenth century, the cross as the symbol of our salvation was fashioned not with a corpus, but was encrusted with jewels. Precious gems spoke to the faithful of the time of Christ’s victory over sin and death, and of his reign as king of heaven and earth. Although crucifixes have generally been styled…