We are besieged by information, opinions, and ideas that seek to grab our attention. This constant wave of ways of living, solutions to our problems and analysis of almost every human situation can create a crisis of trust. This crisis is reflected when people start to question and doubt even the most basic of human instincts and inclinations. The foundation of society is built around the belief that we share common values and aspirations. It is on these foundations that we choose people to govern us who share those ideals. Yet so often we can be disappointed because there is an appearance that they shape the world in their image and likeness.
The Feast of Christ the King helps us engage our imagination with God's vision. In proclaiming this feast, he does not seek to be a person who amasses wealth, power, and popular approval. Rather he seeks for us to discover and share the vision that every life has fundamental worth. That each person is loved by God and that we can discover who we are called to become as people created in God's image and likeness.
As we approach the end of the Church's liturgical year this can give us pause to reflect on how we are called to listen to the voice of Christ in our daily lives. To make room for prayer so that our hearts may enlarge to embrace the vision and the people we encounter. May we be blessed to become a people who can listen to the voice of Christ.
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