Christ, our King is Coming! Alleluia! Amen!

In today’s first reading, Jer. 23: 5-8, Jeremiah prophesies that “…the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David.”  The psalmist, in today’s responsorial psalm,  Psalm 72, states that this King “shall govern…[the] people with justice and…[the] afflicted ones with judgment. For he shall rescue the poor when…[they cry] out, and the afflicted when…[they have] no one to help…[them]. He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save….”

That righteous shoot is Jesus, our Savior and our King, the Lord of lords, the Lamb of God who comes to take away the sins of the world.  He is the one who shall reign forever  and who, unlike many in leadership today in any segment of society, in any walk of life, will act with justice.  He will rescue the poor—women and children, the unborn aborted child, gays and lesbians, immigrants and the undocumented; Blacks, Hispanics and Mexicans; Arabs and Palestinians, the disabled and elderly; yes, all whom society despises shall be rescued from the hands of oppressors. Those who exploit the poor will be brought low; they shall be no more.  “The tyrant will have gone; [all] who are alert to do evil will be cut off…(Is. 29: 17-24).  “…the way of the wicked vanishes” (Psalm 1).

These are the promises of our God, to which we say “Amen!” “Come, Lord Jesus, Come and save us!”