November can feel like a very “American” month. Election Day (4—not as big a deal as last year) is followed by Veterans Day (11), Thanksgiving (27), and Native American Heritage Day (28).

Christ may be king, but there seem to be an awful lot of princes and extra royalty standing around in our lives to which we bow and curtsey.

Let's drop some names. Who’s the most impressive person you ever met?

Things are not what they seem. Such as the Catholic feast celebrating Christ the King. He’s king, just not in the way we humans expect.

When my daughters were little and I would read them fairy tales we'd often come across lands where the king was either bad or missing in action.

As we prepare to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us pray for reconciliation with God and one another.

Stripped of everything yet rich in love, from his throne on the cross he no longer teaches the crowds by his words; he no longer lifts his hands as a teacher.

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