Feast of Christ the King

Each year the Feast of Christ the King is celebrated on the last Sunday of Ordinary time. This year it was on November 24th. 
One may wonder which kingdom is Christ the King of. In order to understand this we need to take a step back and understand the expectations of the Jewish nation at the time of Jesus Christ who were under the oppression of the Roman empire. The prophets had foretold that God would send a savior and a messiah who would free the Israelites from the bondage that they were in and that the messiah would rule forever and his kingdom will have no end. Most the Israelites at the time of Jesus were expecting a political messiah and a political king to come and defeat the oppression of the Romans. However very few like the Blessed Virgin Mary, Joseph the foster father of Jesus, John the Baptist, Prophet Simeon, Prophetess Anna, the three wise men from the east and later on the disciples of Jesus recognized in Jesus the fulfillment of the promises God made in the scripture, as a spiritual deliverance from the bondage of sin. The spirit is of more value than the body and spiritual deliverance from the fallen nature of man and restoration of access to heaven was an eternal cosmic event and far more important than the temporal political freedom from the Romans that most of the Jewish nation were expecting at the time of Jesus. 
By his incarnation, passion, death and resurrection, Jesus has a formed a new kingdom for the glory of God. This City of God has citizens who are united to God and one another by baptism and in prayer and service. Jesus is the king of this heavenly kingdom. This kingdom is among us, it is in our very own hearts. Jesus Christ is the sovereign King of this kingdom which has citizens from all nations and will remain forever and ever. In this kingdom there is no division or war, in this kingdom there is love, peace and harmony. 
Jesus Christ Sovereign King of the Universe, be the king of my heart!