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Jesus Christ King servant of humankind “Jesus Christ is the centre of cosmos and history. Only him is the Redeemer of man". The Church from the biginning lived the absolut supremacy of Christ and the happy obedience to Him professing the faith in “Our Lord Jesus Christ": Only you Lord, The High, Jesus Christ. Here is the Lord whom we belong: we are His creatures. Lord belongs to us. He’s ours. He’s mine.

Jesus King of the Universe. Which glory has this Messiah raised on the cross? In the story of the Passion we can find the meaning of Jesus’ majesty

And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One. The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine, and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!" Now there was also an inscription above Him, "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. " One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, "Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!" But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong. And he was saying, "Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom! And He said to him, ”Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise“ Lc. (23, 35 -43)

There was a script, over His head. “He’s the King of Jews”

And Pilato, against Jesus, says to Jewishes: “See Him, what can I do of your King! What kind of King do you have? ".

Which kind of King you are, if the big ones ignore you, if hate, war, evil live with no limits. You’re the King of failed, disappointed ones, of the destined to die, of not important people, of insignificant ones. . You came back to your population, that you treat as friends, with your comfortable speeches: “You blissfull" “Don’t be afraid, you’re worth more than the birds of the sky, the flowers of the field. . . Don’t be afraid, I go to prepare you a place close to the Father. . . “

You’re a King who doesn’t need consents, who doesn’t love distances, who can wait; he comes close to you in silence, speaking to your heart. . . A good King, because your Reign doesn’t live in this world: a Reign of beatitude, social justicel, the real life for everybody.

The desire to see God in our history, to make justice, is the shout of every culture and religion. "Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence-As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil-To make Your name known to Your adversaries” (Is. 64, 1 -2)

And God said: See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come, " says the LORD Almighty. But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, ". (Ml. 3, 1 -3)

The answer of God comes with a judgement, to purify, to save, “to make Jerusalem still pleasant to Lord ". “To the punishment of sin, oh God of Mercy, please prefer a big forgiveness. ” He said to him: «Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!» «Truly I say to you, today you shall be with me in Paradise »

God attends in history in a concrete way Offering to man the chance to build a new humankind, not destroying it but giving life again, One day the shout of Pope John Paul II roused the Church and the world : “Don’t be afraid! Open your doors to Chirst! To His safety majesty, open the borders of states, the economic and political systems, the fields of culture , Of society, of development! Don’t be afraid! Christ knows waht you have inside! Only him can know it. . . Man has often doubts, that turns into despair. I implore you with humility and trust : Let Chist talk to man!”

"King and centre of all the hearts, Oh Christ , have pity for us!". Make us stop, Lord, to find the true out of you. We’ve been created at your same figure and only you can create new life and give real happiness! Only you can be life, true, power! I believe in you Lord, please cure my frailty!

Don’t be disconcerted if you see less results at the beginning. Saint Paul exhorts us : “Just a little more, and the one who has to come will come and won’t be late”. Many times impatience burns inside. We would have suddenly justice for others and rewards for us. Now it’s time of faith and patience. “The right one will live with faith; but if he draws back, my soul is not pleased with him. We won’t draw back because we’re men of faith “. We have to believe in the power of a little grain of senapa that , in the end, will become a great plant.

«If you’re the King of Jews, save yourself» . “The conditional of doubt. “If you’re the King. . . ": This is the eternal temptation of man. “If you are the Son of God. . . " That’s the tempter, as many other men of the history. “If you’re good…” Why does all this evil reign around us? “If you love me. . . " Why does chaos and selfishness live into my heart ? “If you’re the King. . . " Why do many atheistic government live, doing orrible things and killing their population? “If you’re the King. . " Which kind of supremacy is it yours, if disappears ? “If you’re the King. . . " The doubt stirs our feelings. This conditional hurts our soul, until the mortal wound.

We are brave, Delete forever the “if" of conditional From our relationships with King Jesus Chirst. The Reign of Christ is a gift, a revelation from the sky; doesn’t belong to juman thougths, neither to human decisions. Let’s brighten the desire that Chist could really reign in our life Christ wins in this way. His triumph is love’s triumph against the hate, the evil, the ingratitude. His victory seems to be a defeat: to win love, infact, you must be won at first. Let come your Reign ! Lord

Jesus is a crocified King, But His power lives in His Merciful action. This is our King! Not the man who dominates and humiliates with arrogance of power, but the one who serves until giving his life. The one who gets “lost” among the “lost”ones. The one who dies to save. The quality and the measure of his supremacy is the love, the love that uses death too. Recognise him a King means making a conversion, Undersand His actions and teach to serve with his same style and dedication. We’ll teach to say often to our King, not only during the last moment, but in the entire life, expecially in dark and sad moments: “Jesus, remember me!“ and we’ll hear every time his answer: “Today you will be with me!" Created by Antonio Barone