[Magdalen] Christ, the King

[Jay Weigel]

Matthew 21:4-5 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the
prophet: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

Works for me.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In Anglo-Catholic circles we're always adding stuff to what the BCP
> provides, but in our parish when I see this coming Sunday listed in
> the bulletin as "Solemnity of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest," it
> makes me run to the BCP and decide I'd prefer that we stick with what
> it's called in there: "The Last Sunday After Pentecost."
>
> Scott, Anglo-Catholic but leaning toward "what's in the BCP is Catholic
> enough!"
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > Keep in mind that this church feast day/holy day came into being fairly
> soon
> > after Constantine co-opted the nascent and still going to their deaths in
> > the name of Christ, rag tag bunch of people who were undermining the
> Roman
> > authority, and in one government decree literally changed the form and
> > future of  the sect of 'Jesus followers'....
> >
> > L
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not a
> > single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >
> > Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
> > ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder
> is
> > leaning against the wrong wall."
> >
> > "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Sally Davies" <sally.davies at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:23 AM
> > To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Subject: [Magdalen] Christ, the King
> >
> >
> >> Just read Val Fizzell's meditation on Christ the King and the parable of
> >> the sheep and goats.
> >>
> >> Something new struck me...Val mentioned that when a King ascended the
> >> throne (including recent history in Britain) he would take a new name to
> >> signify power and authority e.g. "George VI" instead of "Albert".
> >>
> >> So Jesus is given a name, greater and more powerful than any other,
> before
> >> which every knee will bow - the typical triumphalist picture so familiar
> >> to
> >> most of us especially those with Evangelical backgrounds. He is Lord and
> >> King.
> >>
> >> But wait a minute...when is Jesus given his Royal name? According to
> >> Scripture, before he was born, when Mary is told by the angel, "You
> shall
> >> call his name, Jesus" (Luke) - or in Matthew's version, as Joseph is
> told
> >> to give Mary's child this name, "for he shall save his people".
> >>
> >> So when is he named, King? Not when he comes on the clouds, with angels,
> >> or
> >> is seen by everyone as seated on the Throne of Heaven, but as he comes
> to
> >> Mary's womb - without fanfare, but for the mysterious joy of angels and
> >> the
> >> ecstatic prophecy of a teenage girl. Or at the latest, on the occasion
> of
> >> his birth in a humble setting.
> >>
> >> Food for thought about our many projections of "Christ the King" based
> on
> >> notions of earthly power and lordship!
> >>
> >> Sally D
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>