34- Christ the king

CHRIST THE KING 

Once two evil brothers went to the same church. And one day, one of them died. The other brother came to the priest and said, "Father, I would like to donate million dollars to the church if you promise that you would say that my brother was a saint in your funeral homily". The priest accepted and cashed the check. And on the day of funeral, the priest looked at them all and said, "This man was a horrible person. He abused his wife and children and he mistreated and abused his neighbor", the he paused and looked at them all and said, "But comparing to his living brother, he was a saint". 

Once a man lost his bible and within three days, a sheep carried it in its mouth to him. When the man saw his bible, he praised and glorified God saying, "It’s a miracle, it’s a miracle". But the sheep looked at him and said, "It's not a miracle, I brought it to you because your name is written inside the cover". -it's a sheep joke. 

What about a goat joke? Once an older priest went to his parishioners for dinner and a little boy invited him. The priest then asked him, "What do we have for dinner?' The boy said, "Goat".  "Are you sure that we are having goat?" The boy then said, "As we were driving back from the church, my parents said that we are having the old goat for dinner". 

Today the Holy Catholic Church celebrates the feast of 'Christ the King'. This celebration invites us to know that Christ the one who died on the Cross for us all is the king of kings and the Lord of all and anyone who puts his trust in Him will not perish but will have life that will never end.  Christ the king is coming to judge the universe. As we all know that judgment is also a form of revenge. So, Christ's judgement is not to punish us but to separate us from the darkness and thus to take us with Him. 

Once a grandpa looked so sad and the grandson said, "Grandpa, why do you look sad?" The grandpa said, "It's because there are two wolves fighting in me?" The boy who was so curious said, "which one is going to win, grandpa?'  

For that, the grandpa said, "The one I feed the most". Yes, dear friends. The one we feed the most is going to win. There are two natures living in us too, a sheep and a goat. As we listen to Christ our Lord and see His divine presence in our neighbor and others, then the last judgement day will be the day of our celebration. 

Once there lived a famous king and He did everything according to the will of God and people loved him so much and everyone wanted to live in his kingdom. Then one day, a man was brought before him for justice and judgement. The man was accused of stealing, destroying people's property and murdering many. The king listened to all the accusations and then looked at the man and said, "Do you wish to say anything?' The accused didn't say a word but was just looking at the king. The king then said, "The man was found guilty and I order him to be executed". There was a deep silence because that was the first time a man was ever judged to be executed. Then the extra ordinary thing happened. The king got up from his throne and took off his outer cloak and said, "As your king, I served you all justice but now as the father of this man, I will take his place and die".  

This is the summary of Christianity. Christ the king died for us all. The king of universe is coming not to judge us but to separate us from darkness and give us life that will never end. 

Anything we do to the least of our brothers and sisters, we do directly to Christ the king. On the day of His coming, we will be given life that will never end. 

One day a rabbi looked at his disciples and said, "How do you know that the night is gone and the day is here?' The disciples all exited and came up with different answers. One said, "As we see an animal in distance and know to distinguish whether it’s a sheep or a goat, then we can say the night is gone and the day is here". Then another disciple said, "when you see a tree in distance and distinguish whether it's a fig tree or a preach tree, then you can say that the night is gone and the day is here". Thus, everybody came up with different answers but the rabbi who was not satisfied with their answers said, "you know that the night is gone and the day is here when you see your own brother or sister's face in any suffering human". 

So, let us help those in need and prepare ourselves to enter into the kingdom of God. Amen.