power without power – a reflection on Christ the King Sunday, Year B
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Christology / Current Affairs / Eschatology / Gospels / Lectionary / New Testament / Theology / Year B
A reflection on Christ the King Sunday, especially for year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. Pope Pius XI inaugurated Christ the King Sunday in 1925, when the authority of the church was evidently waning in the world. Of course nearly ninety years later, the “authority” of the church—or even just the “place” of the church—in the world is almost laughable. We are all but irrelevant in the power structures of the community of nations. […]