The Kingship of Christ

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The Kingship of Christ: the first episode of the Youth Podcast

By: Brent Allan D.C. Santos


The Immaculate Conception School of Malolos community tuned in to the very first
episode of the Youth podcast, hosted by the ICSM-SHS liturgical club last November 19 via
Facebook Live.
Rev. Fr. Menald S. Leonardo is the guest speaker for the first episode of the podcast and
he is accompanied by Mr. Jervee Justiniano, the moderator of the ICSM-SHS liturgical club, to
give a discussion about Christ the King and the liturgical calendar cycle.
Mr. Jervee Justiniano started the podcast by asking a question about the meaning of the
different colors of the vestments that are worn by priests during masses. Rev. Fr. Menald S.
Leonardo then explained that each of the colors of the vestments corresponds to the liturgical
season. He then gave an example, “Purple is the color of the vestment when it is advent season.”
He also said that the color, black, can also be used during a funeral mass.
He also explained the various themes of the upcoming advent season. “After the advent
season, comes the Christmas season,” Fr. Menald said. He also emphasized that the Christmas
season, in the church, starts at the day of birth of Jesus Christ until the feast of the Baptism of the
Lord. “For other people, the Christmas season ends after the Christmas day itself, but for the
church, it is only the beginning of the Christmas season.” Fr. Menald also explained that after the
Christmas season, there is a few weeks of break, called the ordinary time, in the liturgical
calendar.
He later talked about the reason why the celebration of Christ the King is considered the
end of the liturgical calendar. He expounded “Christ the King is the end of the liturgical calendar
because Jesus said that He is the first and the last, the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the
end, this statement signifies Jesus, in the end, will triumph.” Mr. Justiniano added that from his
reflection about Fr. Menald statement earlier, he realized that the liturgical calendar starts with
Jesus and ends with the celebration of His kingship.
Father Menald gave his closing remarks with a message, “I hope that in the celebration of
the Christ the King, we truly accept Jesus in our lives as our king and we submit ourselves to
Him. I hope that He is the one that is reigning in our hearts, lives, and our homes. Hopefully, we
let Him reign in our hearts and not the fears that we experience in our situation today. We
should always remember that Jesus is always with us and we need to open our hearts to Him. If
He is the one reigning in our hearts, then all of our worries, fears, and problems can be resolved.
Also sometimes, sins rule our world but we should always let Jesus reign in our hearts, especially
the difficult situations that we are facing in our everyday lives” He also expounded that Jesus is
the kind of king that serves and not to be served. He hopes that we also display this kind of
kingship throughout our lives.
The first episode of the podcast ended with the attendees reflecting while they are
listening to the song called “How Great is our God” by Chris Tomlin.

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