CHRIST THE KING

Bless all the people this Sunday, especially all the priests, and help them to speak from the heart about You as King of our lives. This isn’t an easy topic since our only experience of royalty these days is of constitutional monarchies who have very little actual power, even if they have still some influence.

This is where I think my idea of calling You ‘Almighty’ instead of ‘Lord’ comes into its own. Almighty still means ALL MIGHTY –

all powerful,

the one who can do anything, and everything.

The One who is boss,

in charge,

who makes the decisions,

most of all You are the One who makes things happen.

So our dear Jesus is Almighty Jesus,
and our Holy Spirit, is Almighty Holy Spirit,
and Our Heavenly Parent is Almighty Motherly Father.

The implication of this is that we can stop fussing, stop worrying, and let You run the world, and run our lives within it.
We can know that You who are LOVE, love each and every one of us – no one is excluded from Your love.

Even those whose behaviour prevents them from experiencing Your love, are still loved by You, and You are still searching to their last breath for a way to smuggle them into heaven – saying as You always say for all of us: ‘Motherly Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do’
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