In today's responsorial psalm, we proclaim God's kingship in the words: For king of all the earth is God: sing hymns of praise. God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne." We are asked to "shout to God with cries of gladness, for the Lord, the Most High, the awesome, is the great king over all the earth."
As when Christ walked this earth, proclaiming the Kingdom of God by His words and actions, He was not recognized as the Way, the Truth and the Life. People chose other paths, rejected Him, and, in fact, plotted to kill Him. We are living in a world that, in many ways, rejects Christian values. Women and men of integrity, in many instances, are shoved aside, mocked, "spit upon," "scourged with harsh words, rejected in many ways and, in some cases, their lives are even threatened. Many of these women and men, like Jesus, "take the high road," as our late First Lady, Michelle Obama, proclaimed.
Jesus continued doing good and proclaiming the Kingdom, though strong opponents followed Him and planned His demise. That did not stop Jesus from standing up for what was right and speaking out against what was wrong. So, too, today, as disciples of Christ, we need to speak the truth, confront injustices and wrongdoing, as Jesus did. And we need to remember to whom we are giving witness: the One who sits on the holy throne, the One who reigns over all and works through all who choose good, the One who has paid the ransom for our eternal redemption.
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