In the old calendar, it is always celebrated on the last Sunday of the month of October, right before All Saints. “One of the most egregious differences between the two calendars (in the Latin Rite) is the location of the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Understanding the full purpose of a feast day to honor the rule of Christ Our King, let’s now turn to the reasoning and intent behind the date selected by Pope Pius XI. He must reign in our minds…He must reign in our wills…He must reign in our hearts…He must reign in our bodies and in our members…” If to Christ our Lord is given all power in heaven and on earth if all men, purchased by his precious blood, are by a new right subjected to his dominion if this power embraces all men, it must be clear that not one of our faculties is exempt from his empire. “The faithful, moreover, by meditating upon these truths, will gain much strength and courage, enabling them to form their lives after the true Christian ideal.
It will call to their minds the thought of the last judgment, wherein Christ, who has been cast out of public life, despised, neglected and ignored, will most severely avenge these insults for his kingly dignity demands that the State should take account of the commandments of God and of Christian principles, both in making laws and in administering justice, and also in providing for the young a sound moral education.” “Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ. “The Church, founded by Christ as a perfect society, has a natural and inalienable right to perfect freedom and immunity from the power of the state and that in fulfilling the task committed to her by God of teaching, ruling, and guiding to eternal bliss those who belong to the kingdom of Christ, she cannot be subject to any external power.” The Holy Father states clearly his purpose for instituting such a universal feast day:
The feast itself was instituted by Pope Pius XI with his encyclical Quas Primas (11 December 1925).
Peter Kwasniewski asked that question recently when discussing the Church’s celebration for the Feast of Christ the King. So what’s in a date? One Peter Five contributor Dr.
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