We just celebrated the feast day of Christ the King last Sunday to mark the last Sunday of our liturgical year. The psalm today echoes that same theme, as it begins: “Say among the nations: The Lord is king.” Our psalmist sings praises that the Lord is king, proclaiming that the heavens should be glad and the earth should rejoice. We are told in the psalm that the Lord has come to rule the earth, to rule it with justice & constancy. Sometimes, however, the justice and mercy of the Lord are not reflected in the way we rule our human society. Sometimes, our human weaknesses get the best of us, and the ways of man override the ways of the Lord.
As we get ready for our joyful Advent season as a time of waiting and preparation, let us think of ways that we can proclaim to the world that the Lord is our king. May the heavens and earth rejoice at the way they see us proclaiming the kingship of the Lord in our lives.
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