Activities:

• First, have your students read over the Gospel passages in The Kingship of Christ in Scripture warm-up activity and either silently or in small groups consider the reflection questions.
• Then, give the class Catechism of the Catholic Church nos. 680, 681, 786 & 2105, along with the homily on Christ the King by St. Josemaria Escriva, which can be found at the following link: SophiaOnline.org/ChristTheKing. Depending on their reading proficiency, you may either have the class read the entire homily or read up to the section titled “Serene as children of God.”
• Arrange your students into groups of three or four. Have them discuss what they read in the Catechism and compare it with what they read in the homily using the discussion questions.
• When each group has finished discussing, call on groups to share with the class some key points from their conversations. Lead a discussion on how we as Catholics can express in our everyday lives that no matter what happens in this world, Jesus Christ is truly King and Lord of all.

Answer Key

Discussion Questions

1. The Catechism teaches that the Lord reigns on earth through His Church. Accept reasoned answers.
2. “He exercises his kingship by drawing all men to himself through his death and Resurrection. Christ, King and Lord of the universe, made himself the servant of all, for he came "not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."For the Christian, "to reign is to serve him," particularly when serving "the poor and the suffering, in whom the Church recognizes the image of her poor and suffering founder." The People of God fulfills its royal dignity by a life in keeping with its vocation to serve with Christ...” (CCC 786).
3. Accept reasoned answers.
4. The Church emphasizes serving the poor and suffering because in them “the Church recognizes the image of her poor and suffering founder" (CCC 786).
5. By evangelization. The Catechism teaches that the social duty of every Christian is “to respect and awaken in each man the love of the true and the good. It requires them to make known the worship of the one true religion which subsists in the Catholic and apostolic Church” (CCC 2105). Accept reasoned answers.
6. He says that millions of people reject Christ because they do not know Him, and they think of His reign in political terms: “they reject his shadow, for they do not know Christ.” Once we accept Christ’s kingship, we must accept His law.
   “I will serve!” He says we should ask for Christ to strengthen us “in the middle of everyday life.” Accept reasoned answers.
7. He says we need “lots of grace” in order for Christ to reign in our souls. Grace is primarily received in the Sacraments of the Catholic Church—especially in Baptism, Confirmation, Confession, and the Holy Eucharist.
8. He says, “When confronted by evil we shall not reply with another evil, but rather with sound doctrine and good actions: drowning evil in an abundance of good. That’s how Christ will reign in our souls and in the souls of people around us.”
9. He says, “if anyone saw Christ’s kingdom in terms of a political program he would not have understood the supernatural purpose of the faith, and he would risk burdening consciences with weights which have nothing to do with Jesus, for His yoke is easy and
10. His burden is light.” Accept reasoned answers.
11. Accept reasoned answers.