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Igniting HOPE – A Future Full of Hope

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to leave the world a better place, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded. 
 Bessie A. Stanley (commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Catholic WORD of the Week

“Kingship of Christ –The phrase refers to Jesus’ human royalty and divinity. At Matthew 21:9 and Mark 11:10, Christ’s kingship is implied by references to King David, whereas at Luke 19:38 and especially John 12:12-19, Jesus’ human link to kingship is explicit.  Luke unfolds Jesus’ kingship under various aspects of God’s sovereign acts of salvation.  Thus the human kingship foreshadows Jesus’ divinity as supreme Lord and King over all.  Gabriel announces God’s plan of salvation to Mary – she will give birth to God’s divine Son (Lk. 1:26-38).  The arrival of a royal Son is linked to God’s promise to give the Child the throne of David, His ancestor (1:32).  In another passage, in which are instructions about the way of salvation for believers (Lk 17:11-19:27), Jesus demonstrates His kingship by healing the blind man of Jericho (Lk 18:35-43). Christ’s kingship includes the reality of absolute power and might but as subordinate to salvation history, which has at its core the reality of service which frees from sin and enlivens with the life of God.”
Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic Encyclopedia, page 555-556