{"id":16564,"date":"2021-11-21T11:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicbard\/?p=16564"},"modified":"2022-11-30T01:11:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T06:11:38","slug":"christ-the-king-of-catholic-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicbard\/2021\/11\/christ-the-king-of-catholic-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ the King of Catholic Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In Honor of the feast of\u00a0 Christ the King,<\/p>\n

Here are some thoughts on Christ the King<\/p>\n

From Catholics who have made Christ their King<\/p>\n

\"May<\/p>\n

T<\/span>he Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in\u00a0<\/span>1925<\/span>, almost one hundred years ago<\/span>;<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0a time when godless revolutionary movements and godless ideologies were being brutal<\/span>ly imposed throughout the world, ideologies that also separa<\/span>ted and segregated human beings and ultimately exterminated them.\u00a0<\/span>Whether they deny the sovereignty of God or the very existence of God, the rulers of this world are ultimately always conquered by the power of God.\u00a0<\/span>Christus vincit,\u00a0<\/span>Christus<\/span>\u00a0regnat<\/span>!\u00a0<\/span>Christus<\/span>\u00a0imperat<\/span><\/i>! Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands.\u00a0<\/span>This is the refrain of an ancient hymn known as the\u00a0<\/span>Royal Praises\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>Laudes<\/span>\u00a0Regiae<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0In the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar we encounter Christ our King, Christ Our Eucharistic King and in the union brought about by the reception of the Eucharist, we invite Our Lord to rule over us from\u00a0<\/span>within<\/span>. Solemnity of Christ the King \u00ab Catholic Insight<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n