{"id":27263,"date":"2025-11-21T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=27263"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:56:12","slug":"christ-savior-king-cristo-rey-salvador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/11\/21\/christ-savior-king-cristo-rey-salvador\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ Savior King \/ Cristo Rey Salvador\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite often we sing a hymn that reveals for us a marvelous quality of our Catholic Church, \u201cOne Bread, one Body, one Lord of All.\u201d<\/em> The first reading chosen for the Solemnity of Christ Our King asks us not to forget the “oneness<\/em>” of our Church. Leaders of the many tribes of Israel gathered at Hebron, burial place of Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, and their wives. It is very close to to Bethlehem, “House of Bread,” where the unifier, King David was born. And also Jesus of one Faith, one Baptism who continues to offer himself to us in the Holy Bread as one Body, Blood, Soul, and one Divinity, one Shepherd King who leads us on our way to heaven.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Paul to the Church at Colossae likely came to the aid of a convert from the nearby more important city of Ephesus. What this friend of Paul had taught rightly was being assaulted by troublemakers and Paul stepped in with strong doctrinal teaching: the Father, he taught, ushered us from the darkness of paganism and error into light. He \u201ctransferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.\u201d<\/em> This is our King, our Redeemer, with power over sin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, regarding Christ: \u201cH<\/em>e is the image of the invisible God<\/em>,\u201d He it was who created all things in heaven and earth; the visible and invisible, even the spiritual powers, \u201cAll things were created for Him and through Him<\/em>.\u201d  He holds all things in being. This is our King of the universe, Christ Our King! Yet, not enough for the outburst  of faith from Paul, \u201cHe is the head of the body, the church<\/em>.\u201d \u201cFirstborn of the dead,\u201d<\/em> He enjoys the \u201cfullness of God.\u201d How all this? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the prophet Samuel said was true of Jesus. He was the chosen one, the Savior King promised from of old. All that excited Paul as he wrote about Jesus was true. He was and is \u201cRuler\u201d of heaven and earth. Yes, the sneering  “Temple rulers,” the soldiers of mighty Rome could mock, while the criminals crucified with Jesus suggest choices for us to make; repent before the day of our calling, acknowledge our pitiful mistakes, be forgiven by the Redeemer King, thence meet Him at peace and joyful as we enter His Kingdom of Heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Today you will be with me in Paradise.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cristo Rey Salvador <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Muy a menudo cantamos un himno que nos revela una cualidad maravillosa de nuestra Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica: “Un pan, un solo cuerpo, un Se\u00f1or de Todos.”<\/em> La primera lectura elegida para la Solemnidad de Cristo Nuestro Rey nos pide que no olvidemos la ‘unidad’ <\/em>de nuestra Iglesia. Los l\u00edderes de las numerosas tribus de Israel se reunieron en Hebr\u00f3n, lugar de enterramiento de Abraham, Isaac, Jos\u00e9 y sus esposas. Est\u00e1 muy cerca de Bel\u00e9n, ‘Casa del Pan’, donde naci\u00f3 el unificador, el rey David. Y tambi\u00e9n Jes\u00fas de una sola fe, un solo bautismo, que sigue ofreci\u00e9ndose a nosotros en el Santo Pan como un solo Cuerpo, Sangre, Alma y una Divinidad, un solo Rey Pastor que nos gu\u00eda en nuestro camino al cielo.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Pablo, de la iglesia de Colosas, acudi\u00f3 en ayuda, probablemente, de un convertido de la cercana ciudad m\u00e1s importante de \u00c9feso. Lo que este amigo de Pablo hab\u00eda ense\u00f1ado correctamente fue ser agredido por alborotadores y Pablo intervino con una fuerte ense\u00f1anza doctrinal: el Padre, \u00e9l ense\u00f1aba, nos sac\u00f3 de la oscuridad del paganismo y el error hacia la luz. Nos “transfiri\u00f3 al reino de su Amado Hijo, en quien tenemos redenci\u00f3n, el perd\u00f3n de los pecados.”<\/em> \u00a1Este es nuestro Rey, nuestro Redentor, que tiene poder sobre el pecado!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adem\u00e1s, respecto a Cristo: “\u00c9l es imagen del Dios invisible<\/em>“, \u00c9l fue quien cre\u00f3 todas las cosas en el cielo y la tierra; lo visible e invisible, incluso los poderes espirituales, “Todas las cosas fueron creadas para \u00c9l y a trav\u00e9s de \u00c9l<\/em>.”  \u00c9l sostiene todas las cosas en el ser. \u00a1Este es nuestro Rey del universo, Cristo Nuestro Rey! Sin embargo, no lo suficiente para el estallido de fe de Pablo: “\u00c9l es la cabeza del cuerpo, la iglesia<\/em>.” “Primog\u00e9nito de los muertos,”<\/em> disfruta de la “plenitud de Dios.” \u00bfC\u00f3mo es todo esto? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lo que dijo el profeta Samuel sobre Jes\u00fas era cierto. \u00c9l era el elegido, el Rey Salvador prometido desde hace tiempo. Todo lo que emocionaba a Pablo mientras escrib\u00eda sobre Jes\u00fas era cierto. \u00c9l fue y es el “Gobernante” del cielo y la tierra. S\u00ed, los burlones ‘gobernantes del Templo’, los soldados de la poderosa Roma pod\u00edan burlarse, mientras los criminales crucificados con Jes\u00fas sugieren decisiones para que tomemos; arrepi\u00e9ntete antes del d\u00eda de nuestro llamamiento, reconoce nuestros lamentables errores, ser perdonado por el Rey Redentor y luego rencu\u00e9ntrate con \u00c9l en paz y alegr\u00eda al entrar en Su Reino de los Cielos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hoy estar\u00e1s conmigo en el Para\u00edso.”<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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