Sunday Homily, November 22, 2015, Christ the King
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Homily by Mike
Our two Readings and our hymn from Psalms reveal that God has sent to us his very son, the Messiah and King of Kings, who is robed in majesty and his kingdom will last forever. He has empowered us with the Holy Spirit to be Christ in the world to continue to bring about his kingdom. Metaphorically, we have been robed in majesty, in goodness and mercy, bearing with one another, and forgiving one another.
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Recall the story of the two prostitutes who stand before Solomon. The two of them had been living together and both had given birth to a son only days apart.
A terrible accident happened shortly after that. One of them rolled against her child in the middle of the night and her son was suffocated. She did a terrible thing. Getting up she placed her dead child in the arms of the other woman and took the living child back to her bed.
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When it was nearing morning the mother of the living child realized that the child next to her was dead. Now it was she who began to weep. It was not until it was light that she realized it was not her child who had died. The king listened as the two woman began to argue with one another as to who was the mother of the living child.
Finally he said to his servants, ‘Bring me a sword so that I might divide the child. The real mother raised her voice to protect her son’s life, ‘Give her the child, certainly do not kill him.’ The other said, ‘divide him.’
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Of course the king now knew the real mother. Justice was served; however, it was done at the expense of mercy! After realizing in the morning that the dead child was not her child, she should have run to the other woman to embrace her lovingly, to kiss her tenderly, to cry with her, to listen to her, to comfort her, to take care for her, and to forgive her.
Think about the story about the prodigal son. After throwing away his inheritance in riotous living, one day ‘he hit bottom,’ he longed to eat the pods that the pigs were eating; but no one gave him anything.
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But unlike the woman whose son was dead, he took the initiative to seek help from what also seemed a hopeless situation. ‘I will go home and tell my father that I have sinned against God and against him.’
The prodigal son sought forgiveness, and his father welcomed him with mercy and a celebration with the fatted calf, begging the older son to join them. They had to rejoice and celebrate, and forgive, because his younger brother had been dead but was alive again. Mercy and forgiveness flow forth from the Law of Love of the kingdom of God.
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Think about the example we received from Jesus when the woman caught in adultery was left standing before him. The scribes and Pharisees had left one after the other after Jesus had encouraged them to come to their senses, ‘The one of you who is without sin cast the first stone.
The word of our King of Kings is mercy. Is there no one left to condemn you? ‘Neither do I condemn you.’ After forgiving her, he sent her along the way to make her journey with him; for the journey of every disciple is a journey to Jerusalem. Next week begins our liturgical journey to Jerusalem. The intention of the Church is that we also make it a spiritual journey, for it is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life.
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