November
22, 2015
The
Solemnity Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Reading
1
13As
the visions during the night continued, I saw one like a Son of man coming, on
the clouds of heaven; when He reached the Ancient One and was presented before Him,[1] 14the
one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship; all peoples,
nations, and languages serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that
shall not be taken away, His kingship shall not be destroyed.
Responsorial
Psalm
R.
(1a) The LORD is king; He is robed in majesty.
1The
LORD is king, in splendor robed; robed is the LORD and girt about with
strength.
R.
The LORD is king; he is robed in majesty.
1And He has made the world firm, not to be moved. 2Your throne stands firm from of
old; from everlasting you are, O LORD.
R.
The LORD is king; He is robed in majesty.
5Your
decrees are worthy of trust indeed; holiness befits your house, O LORD, for
length of days.
R.
The LORD is king; He is robed in majesty.
Reading
2
5Jesus
Christ is the faithful witness, the
firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To
him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,[2] 6who
has made us into a kingdom, priests for His God and Father, to Him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
7Behold, He is coming amid the clouds, and
every eye will see Him, even
those who pierced Him. All
the peoples of the earth will lament Him. Yes.
Amen.
8"I
am the Alpha and the Omega, " says the Lord God, "the
one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty."[3]
Alleluia Mark 11:9, 10
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed
is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed
is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
33bPilate
said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
34Jesus
answered, "Do you say this on your own or have others told you about
me?"
35Pilate
answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests
handed you over to me. What have you done?"
36Jesus
answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did
belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep me from being
handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here."
37So
Pilate said to Him, "Then you are a king?"
Jesus
answered, "You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came
into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth
listens to my voice."[4]
Notes on Readings:
[1] Daniel
7:13-14- One like a son of man: in contrast to the worldly kingdoms opposed to
God, which appear as beasts, the glorified people of God that will form His
kingdom on earth is represented in human form (Daniel 7:18). Just as our Lord applied the figure of the stone hewn
from the mountain to Himself (Daniel 2:36-45), He also made the title "Son of Man" His
most characteristic way of
referring to Himself, as the One in whom and through whom the salvation of
God's people came to be realized.
[2] Revelation
1:5 - Freed us: the majority of Greek manuscripts and several early versions read
"washed us"; but "freed us" is supported by the best
manuscripts and fits well with Old Testament imagery, see Isaiah 40:2.
[3] Revelation
1:8 - The Alpha and the Omega: the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.
In Revelation 22;13 the same words occur together with the expressions "the First and
the Last, the Beginning and the End"; compare with Revelation 1:17; 2:8; 21:6; Isaiah 41:4; 44:6.
[4] John
18:37 - You say I am a king: see Matthew 26:64 for a similar response to the high priest.
It is at best a reluctant affirmative.
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