October 28, 2013
Catholics celebrate the feast of Christ the King
Catholics, the
new people of God (Nostra Aetate 4) , the Chosen People, the people of
the Eternal Covenant (Heb.8:16-13) yesterday gave praise and offering to
God at the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass. It was the feast of Christ the
King, King of the Universe, whose Social Kingship extends, as their
ideal, to all moral, social and political laws.In
the liturgy of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass yesterday , there
were the Readings and hymns which exalted Christ as the King on earth,
for those who love Him.
The Elect (John
3:5), those with 'faith and baptism'(Ad Gentes 7), in only the Catholic
Church in which all need to convert (AG 7), remembered at the
Tridentine Rite Mass , the martyrs, the saints and those gone before us
to the everlasting kingdom in Heaven.
In the Catholic Church,
which is the pearl of great price, the treasure the man found and sold
all he had to possess it (Mat. 13: 44-46), there were sermons on the
Social Reign of Christ the King , which is being opposed by the forces
of evil. It is opposed by the secular , leftists and communists laws
and the culture of death which leads to eternal death in the kingdom
of Satan. These are the forces of lies and error who try to separate
the kingdom of God from the Catholic Church.
It was within the
Catholic Church that the great saints Francis of Assisi , Teresa of
Avila and others renewed the kingdom of God within the Church, and also
experienced the highest levels of the kingdom of God within
themself,while remaining sons and daughters of the Church.
The Kingdom of God
within oneself also cannot be separated from the Church. Today many New
Agers , and others outside the visible limits of the Catholic Church,
confuse the Kingdom of God with the kingdom of Satan. They do not know
Christ the king and cannot find the kingdom of God in Transcendental
Meditation, Buddhism, Yoga etc.
In the spiritual
dimension there is only one King, who is Christ and all principalities,
sovereignties and kingdoms must finally bow to Him.
In
Catholic mission, proclamation and evangelisation we cannot separate
the Kingdom of God from the Catholic Church, the Mystical Body (Col
1,1-8) of Christ the King.
Belonging to the Catholic Church and living without mortal sin is the only way in 2013 to go to the everlasting Kingdom of God.Mortal Sin separates us from the Kingdom of God and the Sacrament of Confession within the Church reunites us with the Kingdom.
There is no other
religion, which has the 'fullness of truth' which leads to the kingdom
of God. The Church is that 'narrow gate' (Matt. 7:14). So for Catholics
there cannot be a separation of Church and State. Politics and religion
have been separated by leftist ideology. The enemies of the Church have
prevented all laws having Christ and the Church at its center.
Even though they are
opposed to the traditional teaching outside the church there is no
salvation (AG 7, CCC 846, Mark.16:16) there is an obligation for all
people to worship God in only the Catholic Church.This is the message of
Dignitatis Humanae, Vatican Council II. Even though in a state
with a secular Constitution there is religious liberty to follow ones
religion(DH) there is an obligation to follow the one, true Church to
avoid Hell. DH is factual. In a state with a secular
Constitution there is equal religious liberty for all. However
Catholics can still recognize Christ as King whose Social Reign must
extend to all people.
Even
though many choose to interpret Vatican Council II as a break with
Tradition, we can interpret the Council as traditional on the issues of
other religions (AG 7,LG 14), ecumenism (AG 7,LG 14) and religious
liberty (DH).
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