The Novena in Honour of JESUS as TRUE KING
31/10/2020 12:09
Therefore, Pilate said to Him 'So you are a king?
Jesus answered 'You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born and for this I have come into the world to testify to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears My voice.'
(John 18:37)
Pope Pius XI instituted The Feast of Christ The King in 1925 in his encyclical Quas Primas. Pope Pius connected the denial of Christ as King to the rise of secularism. At the time of Quas Primas, secularism was on the rise and many Christians, even Catholics, were doubting Christ's authority, as well as the Church's and even doubting Christ's existence. Pius XI and the rest of the Christian world witnessed the rise of dictatorships in Europe and saw Catholics being taken in by these earthly leaders. Just as the Feast of Corpus Christi was instituted when devotion to the Eucharist was at a low point, The Feast of Christ The King was instituted during a time when respect for Christ and the Church was waning, when the feast was most needed. In fact, it is still needed today, as these problems have not vanished, but instead have worsened.
Jesus answered 'You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born and for this I have come into the world to testify to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears My voice.'
(John 18:37)
Pope Pius XI instituted The Feast of Christ The King in 1925 in his encyclical Quas Primas. Pope Pius connected the denial of Christ as King to the rise of secularism. At the time of Quas Primas, secularism was on the rise and many Christians, even Catholics, were doubting Christ's authority, as well as the Church's and even doubting Christ's existence. Pius XI and the rest of the Christian world witnessed the rise of dictatorships in Europe and saw Catholics being taken in by these earthly leaders. Just as the Feast of Corpus Christi was instituted when devotion to the Eucharist was at a low point, The Feast of Christ The King was instituted during a time when respect for Christ and the Church was waning, when the feast was most needed. In fact, it is still needed today, as these problems have not vanished, but instead have worsened.
The Novena consists of praying once a day over a period of nine days a set of one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory Be, recited along with the following Novena Prayer:
O Lord our God, You alone are the Most Holy King and Ruler of all nations. We pray to You, Lord, in the great expectation of receiving from You, O Divine King, Mercy, peace, justice and all good things. Protect, O Lord our King, our families and the land of our birth. Guard us, we pray, Most Faithful One! Protect us from our enemies and from Your Just Judgment. Forgive us, O Sovereign King, our sins against You. Jesus, You are a King of Mercy. We have deserved Your Just Judgment. Have mercy on us, Lord, and forgive us. We trust in Your Great Mercy. O most awe-inspiring King, we bow before You and pray; may Your Reign, Your Kingdom, be recognized on earth! Amen.