November 24, 2019 THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE-C

2 Samuel 5:1-3

Psalm 122

Colossians 1:12-20

Luke 23:35-43

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation… Col. 1:15

“He saved others, let him save himself…” Lk. 23:35

Lord, we all know you could have saved yourself from the suffering of the cross.  On that day, surely the one who fed thousands with a few loaves of bread, gave sight to the blind, cured lepers and even raised the dead to life could have avoided the cross.   And you would have if your kingdom was an earthly one but your kingdom is not of this world.  You became one of us to serve and not be served.   At my baptism I was anointed as a priest, prophet and a king.  Please accept my sacrifice this day of all that I am.  Lead me to profess your good news with the way I live my life.  Show me the path to serve and not to count the cost.   Lord, thank you for enduring the humiliation and pain of the cross to rescue me from the bondage of my sins.  It took the death of God to heal the wound of sin and death.  I know I am so in need of your mercy, grace and forgiveness.  I pray to be a worthy subject of the King who rules the universe and all mankind.  Amen