Transcription of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King 2016
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Our lord Jesus christ , Universal king 2016 As we honour Jesus christ as the Universal king today, we see him in Luke s Gospel hanging on his throne which is his cross. In a sense we are there because whenever we celebrate the Eucharist, the crucifixion of Jesus could not be more present and our participation in it is utterly real. St Luke tells us that there are three groups of people there. Perhaps a question to ask is "With which of the three groups do I identify? The first group is the majority of the people who would have been there for a variety of motives, which I am sure is the case at any public execution. They simply stand and watch, which means contemplate the horrific and paradoxical scene. Then there are the leaders of the people of Israel, who jeered at him and invited him to save himself if he is the christ of God, the chosen one. These were the religious ones who were testing his claim to be the Messiah.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King 2016 As we honour Jesus Christ as the Universal King today, we see him in Luke’s Gospel hanging on his throne which is …
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