THE CHRISTOLOGICAL GREAT MONARCHY OF THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE

The subjects of this King are all the believers of his faith, who wait in his hope. And especially they are those who experience the kingdom as a community of believers who love and operate this love starting from this faith and this hope.

 

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Dear Letters of The Island of Patmos,

that of Christ's kingship and lordship over the world is one liturgical solemnity which perhaps escapes us men of the 2022. We are men of our time, born and raised in the shadow of the short century, or even better than the age of totalitarianisms, century that ended twenty-three years ago. For us, democracy and its mediated expression in socio-political systems in which we are represented is a system that we culturally accept. Now I'm in beautiful Florence and, as known to all, the Lords of Florence for many years were the Medici. Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent, left the signs of the work of its magnificence still visible in the city of Florence.

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Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria it evokes in me the glories and royalties of the Medici. But there is another Signoria that today it is necessary to remember. Jesus reminds the Church and the whole world of his Lordship and Monarchy over the world. Jesus reminds us that beyond all political institutions they are a gift for the citizen and for everyone, he is the Lord and king of Our life.

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It's good for us celebrate and meditate on the King: for there to be the Return of the King, Jesus Christ, in our lives too often distracted and lost in the maze of fashions and worldly thoughts. However, this is not an attempt to destroy our being in the world. Today's reflection is precisely to found our presence in ours smart city, knowing that we are sent by the Eternal King, whose throne is the cross. It is there that it expresses its splendor and royalty.

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The cross expresses the profound meaning and absolute diversity of Jesus compared to all other earthly kings. Because he is raised like all other kings, but in a different way. In fact, it expresses the kingdom in a completely opposite way compared to the rest of the world. His Kingdom is charity. Jesus is the king who exercises his dominion in service and total donation to us: the only power, the only scepter of the Lord is the love of those who give themselves to the end. Therefore from that cross radiates the Kingdom announced by Christ himself from the beginning of his preaching [cf.. LC 6,28 – 30].

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The subjects of this King ― and subjects is the right word to use ― are all the believers of faith in him who wait in his hope. And especially they are those who experience the kingdom as a community of believers who love and operate this love starting from this faith and this hope. We faithful are continuously connected and tied to Our King, which accompanies and guides our freedom and responsibility towards personal sanctity. In doing so he makes us all kings.

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Jesus acknowledges with great joy the repentance of the repentant thief who asks if he can be admitted into his kingdom and to which he answers: "Verily I say unto thee: today you will be with me in paradise". The great acknowledgment of one's guilt by the thief whose name we do not know, it is his entrance into the faith, hope and love of Jesus. Which are the conditions of whoever becomes a servant of the King. Jesus welcomes all of this and makes him king in turn, earlier at that time, then definitively in Heaven.

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This is why this solemnity involves all of us. Because from baptism we are all kings, prophets and priests. We are kings because we try to imitate Jesus in the implementation of the Kingdom of Love of the Father and of the Holy Spirit.

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We ask the Lord to enter His Kingdom of Service by exercising the humility of one who recognizes himself as a sinner and is thus exalted in the glory of forgiveness.

Happy journey of royalty to all.

Santa Maria Novella in Florence, 19 November 2022

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