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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe of Sunday November 24, 2024

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(Revelation 5.12; 1.6)
How worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and divinity, and wisdom and strength and honour. To him belong glory and power for ever and ever.
 

Texts of the day

Texts of the day

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First reading

Daniel 7.13-14

I had a dream and visions as I lay in bed. As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the One who is...

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Psalm

Psalm 93

The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength. R. He has established the world; it shall never be moved; your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting....

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Second reading

Revelation 1.5-8

Jesus Christ is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a...

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Gospel

John 18.33b-37

Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the...

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Kingship

Today, as we mark the end of the liturgical year with a feast highlighting the kingship of Jesus, we can ask: what kind of king is Jesus? In today’s Gospel, Jesus is far removed from conventional kingship – in fact,...

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