The King is an unborn child - discarded, tossed aside, trashed. The King is a grandmother, miles from her family, isolated in a nursing home, forgotten and afraid. The King is a child, separated from his parents at the border, frightened and alone. He sleeps in an ICU, unable to speak to anyone, because of the virus. He doesn’t wear a crown or sit on a throne. “’Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.’” The song I mentioned a moment ago tells us, “Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King.”īut today’s Gospel, the beautiful passage from Matthew 25, tells us: we have already seen him. In an uncertain time, this is certain:Īnd how we need the message in this Gospel. This is something that cannot be altered by a pandemic, or election results, or war, or the weather. Jesus Christ is King - yesterday, today and forever. Well, today is about the “old normal,” the reality that can never change. One of the phrases we hear often these days is “the new normal.” It captures the changed reality of our time. In the middle of all this, comes this Sunday and a message for this moment. We are realizing again and again that so much has changed this year.

With our choir on hiatus because of COVID, we didn’t have the usual rafter-raising recessional. Even the big ball drop for New Year’s Eve in Times Square is going to be mostly virtual.Ĭloser to home: Last Sunday, Father Passenant noticed something else that was missing: our choir didn’t belt out “Soon and Very Soon,” the Gospel spiritual by Andraé Crouch that we traditionally hear the week before the Feast of Christ the King. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting is going to be closed to the public. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade won’t be happening. They have two children: Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.The other day, The Washington Post had a short piece describing some of the holiday traditions of New York City that will be different this year. He is married to the Duchess of Sussex (Meghan Markle). The Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry) is William's younger brother.In February 2022, he paid an undisclosed sum to settle the civil sexual assault case which Ms Guiffre brought against him in the US Prince Andrew stepped down as a 'working Royal' in 2019 after a controversial BBC Newsnight interview about allegations that he had sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre. He has two daughters with his former wife, the Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson): Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. The Duke of York (Prince Andrew) was the Queen's second son.They have two children: Lady Louise and James, Earl of Wessex He is married to the Duchess of Edinburgh (Sophie Rhys-Jones).

The Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Edward) was the Queen's youngest child.

She is married to Vice Adm Timothy Laurence and has two children with her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips: Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall

The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) was the Queen's second child and only daughter.

They have three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis He is married to Catherine, Princess of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge. After the death of the Queen, he became the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall while retaining his previous Duke of Cambridge title.

Prince William is the elder son of King Charles and his first wife, the late Princess Diana.

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