This
evening we bring our Liturgical Year to a close as we celebrate the Feast of
Christ the King. But this feast day is
really more about kinship than it is about kingship. Just look at the Gospels
we have been given this past year. For Jesus was always eating with wrong
people, at the wrong time, on the wrong day with non-Jews, and sinners, and
ignoring all the purity codes that his religion required at that time. So if we
are to follow Christ the King how do we practice kinship over kingship? Perhaps actor Mandy Patinkin sharing his
favorite line from his 1987 classic movie, The Princess Bride, can shed some
light on how we can best be like Christ the King. Check it out….
To
listen to the podcast, click
here
For
the text of the homily, click here
For
the readings of this Sunday, click here
