Feast of Christ the King

Feast of Christ the King 

The Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves God out of man’s thinking and living and organizes his life as if God did not exist. The feast is intended to proclaim in a striking and effective manner Christ’s royalty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations.

Titles establishing Christ’s royalty over men include:

1) Christ is God, the Creator of the Universe and hence wields a supreme power over all things; “All things were created by Him”;

2) Christ is our Redeemer, He purchased us by His precious Blood, and made us His property and possession;

3) Christ is Head of the Church, “holding in all things the primacy”;

4) God bestowed upon Christ the nations of the world as His special possession and dominion.
 

The Mass for the feast of Christ the King describes the qualities of Christ’s kingdom. This kingdom is:
 

1) supreme, extending not only to all people but also to their princes and kings;

2) universal, extending to all nations and to all places;

3) eternal, for “The Lord shall sit as King forever:,

4) spiritual, Christ’s “kingdom is not of this world”.