"In business, education, politics and sports we crave and seek success. With success comes fame, prosperity, power. The successful set the standard and they bask in the glory. Do people remember the team that lost the 1924 World Series? Do people buy advice books from the executive of a failed company or give grant money to researchers who have never achieved tangible results? . . .
"In our own day, [the Solemnity of Christ the King] continues to challenge any ideology or dictator that would seek dominion over the human heart. But it also challenges each Christian by confronting us with the sight of a failed Messiah and a Crucified King. "
In a recent commentary, Bishop Richard G. Henning, the new bishop of the Diocese of Providence
(RI), reflected on how, as we celebrate this feats, we "look past the suffering and the appearance of defeat to the saving power of love."
To access Bishop Henning's complete essay, please visit:
The State of Hope: 'He saved others… (22 NOV 23)
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