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Dear Friends in Christ,

Today we reflect upon Jesus' role in our lives and in the world today, emphasizing His kingship over all societal structures, nations, and hearts. Jesus is the King of kings; the Lord of lords. He is our Lord and King, our God and Savior. This is true of us individually as well as collectively — in families, cities, states, nations, and over all the world and all of creation.

There is no doubt that He loves us and only wants what is best for us. The doubts, confusion, and chaos stem from us and our failure to reciprocate Jesus' love for us. He is our King, and He is the perfect King, but what does a perfect King do with imperfect, ungrateful, and rebellious subjects? What does a jealous God do with rebellious creatures? What does a loving Savior do with unreceptive or uncooperative beneficiaries?

Jesus our King is all good and all merciful, but we must not forget that He is also all just. In His justice, He will judge rightly — the good and faithful will be rewarded eternally with Him in Heaven; the wicked or unjust will be justly punished in the realm farthest from Him in Hell. It is foolishness to espouse the demonic idea of Jesus' mercy negating His justice. This is the sin of presumption. This demonic idea was famously espoused during the Protestant revolution in the phrase "Sin on bravely." Such "faith" is false faith, in a false god made to accommodate our fallen natures. It is idolatry in its most despicable form. It is making gods of ourselves, as Lucifer tried and continues to try to do. This idolatry attempts to make ourselves king and Jesus our subject to obey and do our bidding.

Rather than trying to shape God into our image, Jesus the King invites us to conform to His Divine Nature. As His true subjects, we can find hope and purpose in daily self-denial, striving to be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect.

Because Jesus is God, we are all subject to Him as King whether we like it or not. As His subjects, we will serve Him willingly and lovingly, or we will serve Him unwillingly and unlovingly. That choice is ours to make. The good serve Him here on earth and are rewarded eternally in Heaven. The evil rebel against Him here on earth but serve His justice eternally in Hell as suffering slaves and prisoners in unending fire.

Jesus is our King. In this we should rejoice and give ever-increasing glory and praise to Him. But His Kingship also demands that we reflect inwardly upon our own souls. We were created in His Image and Likeness, disfigured by Original Sin, cleansed and purified by Him in the Sacrament of Baptism, fed and nourished by Him in the Holy Eucharist, etc. What kind of subjects of the King are we? Do we love The King? Do we honor The King? Are we faithful to The King? Are we obedient to The King? Do we serve The King or do we serve ourselves?

Too many deceive themselves into thinking that they are loving, serving, and obeying Jesus, when they are actually loving, serving, and obeying false idols and committing idolatry. In living for pleasure in this world they serve themselves not Jesus Christ, The King. Their "prosperity" doctrine is a lie. The true children of The Kingdom must live in this world in self-denial, daily carrying their crosses. True children of Jesus' Kingdom must become humble like little children, meek and mild as The King was when He walked in this world.

We must strive to make Jesus truly our King and resist the ever-present temptation to make this world, its pleasures, or even ourselves our king. We must not deceive ourselves by pretending we are serving Jesus when we are only doing our own will. We must not pretend that we are worshiping Jesus just because we use His Name. Many use the Name of Jesus but to their own destruction. They use His Name, but they have relabeled their idols with His Name. They use the sound of His Name, but it is not Him. It is blasphemy as they try to change Him in a manner that is more in conformity with what their fallen natures want.

We must avoid all non-Catholic churches, beliefs, and worship because it is idolatry, however noble and praiseworthy it may seem to the clouded sight of our fallen natures. All the Pagan religions are demonic, with demons for kings. All heretical, schismatic, Protestant religions are demonic with demons for kings — despite them misusing and abusing the true Holy Name of Jesus. The New Church of the Novus Ordo, with its Freemasonic Modernist indifference to Truth, serves demonic kings. The many and varied "Traditionalists," in their open rebellion, pride, vanity, and disobedience, are not serving The King, but rather a demonic impostor king from Hell.

May the Immaculate Heart of Mary inspire, guide, and protect us.

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