Serving the King of the Universe Alone to Spend Eternity with Him in Paradise Someday!

 

Amen! I want to be in paradise with Jesus too! What nice readings this week and a great reminder for us, that we serve a great King! Jesus Christ is the King of the Universe! Never put any other person or government on a throne, they will never bring you eternal life like Jesus Christ does! Trust only in our God! He is the only one who will never disappoint you! Never! In the olden days of Hebron, the people in Israel wanted a good King who would shepherd them, David served them well. They got if from God! Jesus Christ! He is now the true King of the Universe. This week in church marks The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe! Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord! My inheritance is in Heaven with Jesus, all we need to do is live by His teachings and the commandments of God and be people of goodwill here on Earth, what a great God we serve! We must not sin, we must not have spiritual death, but be filled with the Holy Spirit, we are saved and have salvation through Jesus Christ! We must believe! We then will have peace and life eternal with Jesus Christ in Heaven! Today many sneer at religion, God, and Jesus, but all we need to do is follow Him, believe, trust in Him, and sin no more. Jesus never did anything wrong, He died for our sins! We are only here on this Earth School for a short time to learn and love, this is not our home. We can go to Heaven, paradise with Jesus Christ someday. His death now has given us salvation, and eternal life in Him all we need to do is follow Him and we will have eternal life in paradise with Him!  Thank you Father King for everything in my life! What a blessing from our King and Savior! 

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Reading 1
2 Samuel 5:1-3
In those days, all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said:
"Here we are, your bone and your flesh.
In days past, when Saul was our king,
it was you who led the Israelites out and brought them back.
And the LORD said to you,
'You shall shepherd my people Israel
and shall be commander of Israel.'"
When all the elders of Israel came to David in Hebron,
King David made an agreement with them there before the LORD,
and they anointed him king of Israel.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5
R. (cf. 1) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
According to the decree for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Reading 2
Colossians 1:12-20
Brothers and sisters:
Let us give thanks to the Father,
who has made you fit to share
in the inheritance of the holy ones in light.
He delivered us from the power of darkness
and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation.
For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers;
all things were created through him and for him.
He is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
He is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
that in all things he himself might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,
and through him to reconcile all things for him,
making peace by the blood of his cross
through him, whether those on earth or those in heaven.

Alleluia
Mark 11:9, 10
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Luke 23:35-43
The rulers sneered at Jesus and said,
"He saved others, let him save himself
if he is the chosen one, the Christ of God."
Even the soldiers jeered at him.
As they approached to offer him wine they called out,
"If you are King of the Jews, save yourself."
Above him there was an inscription that read,
"This is the King of the Jews."
Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying,
"Are you not the Christ?
Save yourself and us."
The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply,
"Have you no fear of God,
for you are subject to the same condemnation?
And indeed, we have been condemned justly,
for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes,
but this man has done nothing criminal."
Then he said,
"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
He replied to him,
"Amen, I say to you,
today you will be with me in Paradise."