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No. 2,442
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949
PHONE BA2837
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Seventy-sixth Year.
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8,000 TESTIFY TO CHRIST'S KINGSHIP :-
Preaching from the text ' He hath on His garment and on His thigh written: King of Kings, and Lord of Lords." Fr.
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Wilkinson said VISION OF CHRIST, THE KING St. John, as an old man and island of Patmos, on the an exile saw in vision, as he records in the Apocalypse, heaven opened. "I saw a white horse appear," he writes; "its rider bore for his . title, the Faithful, the True His eyes were like flaming fire and on his brow were many He went clad royal diadems . in a garment deep dyed with blood, and the name by which he is called is 'The Word of God'." Spell -bound he gazed upon this glorious sight, framed in the deep blue of the heavens. The white horse, the blood-red robe, the flame of fire, the gold of the many diadems! And as he look.
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Under ideal weather conditions, the Annual Eucharistic Procession in honour of Christ the King took place at Aquinas College last Sunday. An estimated 8,000 attended, most of whom marched in the procession. Children of Mary in regalia, and the banners of the Youth Movements, lent colour to the scene. The occasional sermon was preached by Very Rev. Father Wilkinson, C.M., Rector of St. Charles' Seminary, Guildford.
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Him freely, to do His will, to submit themselves to Him in the person of His living representative, the Head of His Kingdom on earth, the Pope, the Successor of the Prince of the Apostles. HIS KINGDOM IS UNIVERSAL His Kingdom He meant to be also universal for He would gather into it all men who would come to Him, no matter of what race, or colour, or age, or clime. No man would He compel to become His subject, much as He longed to have them all enjoy the warmth of His Love, the wealth of His Doctrine, the riches of His Sacraments, the Peace that he accords to those who keep His Moral Law, THE FRUITS OF HIS KINGDOM His subjects, therefore, would find how rich was His Kingdom, for their inheritance would be one of truth and certaiply, of life and energy, of holiness and grace, of justice, of love, of peace, WHAT HE EXPECTS OF HIS
the rider's cloak, over his thigh. It ran: "King of Kings, and Lord of Lords." This was Christ, His Master and Lord. Of Him the Jews had SUBJECTS complained to Pilate that He had These are the fruits of His been saying that He was Christ, Kingdom, They are our riches. the King. Here the Spirit of God They are our possession. And in confirmed His claim: King of His turn He expects His subjects Kings, and Lord of Lords." And to show each in His life, those with what right! same fruits that they enjoy in WHY CHRIST IS KING His Kingdom. He expects us, In the sanctuary of Mary's His subjects, to have truth alwomb there had been poured ways on our lips, the life of out upon Him the sacred oils of grace and purity ever in our gladness, of divinity, of power, hearts, the energy of constant endowing Him, anointing Him, honour the to Sunday last effort in our wills to become like College Aquinas at gathered Section of the large crowd wh ich as Eternal Priest and Universal to Him. Justice and peace and Kingship of Christ. King. From His first moment, charity too. He wants us to have therefore, in this world, He was in our dealings with all men. them, and for to all that it was a King to whom all power in father; and he shall reign in the peacemaking. He would have in wonderment and dismay: THE RALLYING CRY heaven and in earth and been house of Jacob forever. And of men look upon His Great Love, say He loved me and delivered entrusted. To Him, while still a His Kingdom there shall be no shown wih such prodigality upon 'Himself Christ is King! King of Kings, Fired with for me." with tho the Cross and tinged child at Bethlehem, had come end." and Lord of Lords! That thought, wise men from the East, bringing PRIEST AS WELL AS KING crimson of Blood. He waited gratitude and filled with generrealisation has been the inthat King indeed He was. Yet them to realise, each of them, osity subjects would come to spiration of His servants and to gifts of gold, because they recognised in Him the new-born Priest was He as well. God had His martyrs. In our own lifeKing, promised long before to so decreed and with an inscruttime many have faced firing able purpose. Christ, the King, Jews and to all mankind. squads and other tortures with His Mother, as she held Him found that His Kingdom was the light of victory in their eyes, in her arms, as she looked at claimed by another Prince, the old as well as young, boys and a not It was of Hell. the poverty up in Prince Him growing girls, even those not yet in their of the Holy Family, marvelled at kingdom of this world. It was a teens, because they have been the Child. In Him she knew, kingdom made up of men's souls, fired with the love of Christ, the were fulfilled the mysterious of men's minds, of men's hearts, King. Christ, the King that words of the Archangel, who of men's wills, of men's lives. It title has been the rallying cry had said to her on the day of was a kingdom that had to be of martyrdom. In triumph and the Annunciation: "Behold thou won back and won back at a in exultation His martyrs in shalt conceive in thy womb and price, Mexico and in Spain have cried Therefore, this Priest -King ofshalt bring forth a Son; and "Long live Christ, the King!" as thou shalt call His Name Jesus. fered Himself upon an altar, that they have fallen pouring out of He shall be great and shall be was a Cross, raised starkly upon the precious chalice of life, the called the Son of the Most High; the mound of Calvary. He was rich red wine of their blood, a Vicand the Lord God shall give un- King, Priest,' Victim THE MEANING OF TODAY'S to Him the throne of David, His tim that was immaculate, holy, FEAST To -day we have acknowledged Christ as our King, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Let us promise Him that by our practice of truth, of charity, of jus! is tice in all our dealings, we will do all we can to make His Kingdom come in ourselves, first of THOSE BOOKS - CHRISTall, in our country, in all the world. Amen. MAS CARDS - - LOVELY SILVER MEDALS - FINPrinted and Published by EST STATIONERY - and a Keith Francis Spruhan, at "The Record" Office, 450 Hay hundred and one beautiful Street, Perth. The Monstrance was carried by Rt. Rev. Mgr. E. Kennedy, V.G. gifts for your family and
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CHRISTMAS nearly here
friends.
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GIFT SUNDAY 27th NOVEMBER,
1949
IN THE SPACIOUS GROUNDS, AT 2
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