This week is Christ the King Sunday! Did you know that today is the last Sunday of the Church year? Sort of like our New Year’s Eve! Each Church year begins with welcoming Advent time; where we wait for the coming of Jesus, God-With-Us, Emmanuel. This day in the church is traditionally called Christ the King Sunday because it reminds believers that, through every time and change, God is the one who is sovereign and unchanging and in control. Let us remember God’s faithfulness in all that we have been through in the last year and look to the future with hope and confidence!
We spend this Sunday meditating on Isaiah 9, a scripture that usually falls on Christmas Eve! Are we rushing into the holidays, as culture and retail stores would urge us to do? Not necessarily. We are ready for Advent waiting and the journey to the birth of the Christ Child, and yet we are centering our waiting in the hope of a God who comes to meet the deepest needs of the world in the darkest place with the promise of a helpless baby. God has not forgotten about us. God always remembers and always acts, but usually in ways that surprise and amaze us.
Join us this Sunday in this reflection.