“For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.” John 18: 33-37
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Anointed One of God. who comes to reveal the truth of God’s love for all of us. In the figure of the Gospel Jesus, we realize the truth.
- We are loved by God to a degree we cannot fathom.
- We are loved by God who refuses to give up or reject or destroy His beloved creation – a creation that has hardly lived up to its promise.
- We are loved by a God who humbles Himself to become one of us in order that we might become something of Him, to realize that we have been created in His image, created by His very breath blown into our hearts.
- In the love of this God we have much to be grateful for, in the complexities and challenges of our lives we realize that the truth of God’s love is the one constant reality. May we find fulfillment and purpose, consolation and grace in our gratefulness, in our mindfulness of the truth of the God of blessing and compassion.