We want Christ to reign!

 



(…)After a while, this master came back with the royal investiture; then he rewarded splendidly those servants who strove to make yield what they received, and punished severely those who in his absence rejected him and one of the administrators who wasted his time and did not make yield the mine he had received. "The evil servant did not apply himself and gave nothing back; he did not honor his master and was punished. To glorify God is, on the contrary, to dedicate the faculties that He has given me to know Him, to love Him and to serve Him, and in this way to give Him back my whole being. This is the purpose of our life: to give glory to God now here on earth with what we have been entrusted with, and then in eternity with the Virgin, the angels and the saints. If we keep this in mind, what good stewards we will be of the gifts that the Lord has wanted to give us so that with them we can earn Heaven!


"It will never grieve you to have loved him", St. Augustine used to repeat. The Lord is a good payer already in this life when we are faithful. What will it be in Heaven! Now it is our turn to extend that reign of Christ on earth, in the midst of the society in which we move: in the family, at work, among neighbors, among university or workshop colleagues, among clients, among students... Very especially among those who in some way are entrusted to us. "Don't leave your little ones by the wayside; contribute to the salvation of your home with all your care, "the holy bishop of Hippo strongly advised.


In these days, as we await the Solemnity of Christ the King, we can prepare ourselves by repeating some aspirations: Regnare Christum volumus, we want Christ to reign, and we want first of all that this reign be a reality in our intelligence, in our will, in our heart, in our whole being. That is why we ask him: "My Lord Jesus, make me feel, make me feel your grace in such a way that I empty my heart, so that you can fill it, my Friend, my Brother, my King, my God, my Love!


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