YEAR OF MISSION - CHRIST THE KING

We come to this last Sunday of the liturgical year and we find ourselves listening to John’s Good News of Jesus’ kingship – a kingship rooted in truth. We have listened to Good News throughout this year and as we have had chance to explore how we live the Gospel through living mission so we come to appreciate more and more that the Good News we proclaim is nothing other than the kingship of Christ. Look at that second reading – the Good News is tucked away in that reading: He loves us and has washed away our sins with his blood. That’s what we are to proclaim; that’s the truth we bring to others... but we proclaim it through living it – let us spend this last week of the year living in the knowledge that God loves us and has set us free to live for him! Isn’t that the Good News that others need to hear