Is. 52:7-10; Ps. 98:1-6; Heb. 1:1-6; Jn. 1:1-18
“Your God is King…sing joyfully to the Lord!” Sing joyfully to be born of God. For God in sending his only begotten Son, “full of grace and truth” and he opened the gates of heaven. “From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace”. What is this grace that replaces grace? It is Jesus himself who not only gave himself up to the Father but who in his fullness of grace gives of himself to us as we come to receive him body and blood in the Eucharist celebration of the Mass this day. To receive Jesus is the fullness of grace that bring together the law and the prophets into his one body as love incarnate that we may be saved. We sing joyfully to the Lord to be incarnated into his grace.
“Your God is King” from the grace of obedience to the grace of love. The grace of obedience to the law is the visible sign of being called to salvation. The grace of love is the invisible sign of being called “children of God”. As children his grace is transformative to be perfect as God is perfect by shedding the scales of sin from our humanity and rising up to his divinity. Pray that what we confess in our words we may not deny him in our actions. This is the day the Lord has made to sing joyfully for our salvation comes and “Your God is King” of salvation through Jesus Christ. Emmanuel, he is with us.
How good it is to know “Your God is King” to rule by love our lives. He rules with the staff of mercy that we may come to know his love by forgiveness of our sins. Who dares to deny him this gift of mercy is to deny God himself at our own peril choosing the unforgiveable sin of rejecting forgiveness out of self pride. This pride says, “God cannot forgive me when I do not forgive myself” causing our own damnation. “Your God is King” of perfect love in the act of mercy. We are then to be merciful in our lives with each other, slow to anger and quick to reconcile.
If “Your God is King” then why is there such suffering in life? Suffering is the grace to join Christ on the cross and hear him speak those words to us, “Today you will be with me in Paradise.” (Lk. 23:43) Suffering unites us to Christ and his love for us on the cross. It confirms our love and acceptance of his will for us. He is king of suffering and invites us to share the cross that we may overcome the test and remain faithful to our proclamation of faith. Job understood well the cross of suffering and perseverance trusting that by acceptance a greater good would be revealed. It was revealed in Jesus Christ.
Today our God is King, he has come to us in Jesus Christ and we share in his kingdom when we come to receive him body and blood, soul, and divinity in the Eucharist. Let us celebrate our king and the joy of fellowship with all our kinsmen who have entered the kingdom through the waters of baptism. No earthly suffering can conquer his kingship and our victory over death as we walk in the light of truth and justice. Believe and be saved that your God and my God is king of our lives. Merry Christmas and more of Christ.
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