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November 21, Last Sunday of the Liturgical Year
SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE
Celebrated on the last Sunday of the liturgical yearJesus is not often portrayed as a king, literally. The oldest known portrait of Christ is the 6th-century Pantocrator (leftmost photo) at the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai. Christ the King is often depicted as the Pantocrator, especially in Orthodox imagery. Christ at the Last Judgment (detail from Michelangelo's fresco) is the other usual 'kingly' portrayal of Christ. 'King of the Jews' images come with Crucifixion portrayals.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/112110.shtml
OR today.
The OR does not provide information on the contemporary Christ portrait used to illustrate the item on LOTW.
The consistory presided by the Roman Pontiff to create 24 new cardinals:
'Journeying along the way of Christ'
Page 1 also contains an editorial on 'The God question' and previews the book LIGHT OF THE WORLD with a compilation of excerpts including a headline-grabbing incomplete excerpt of the Pope's statements about condoms and HIV. The other Page 1 news reports the expression of solidarity by the College of Cardinals with the peoples of Haiti and Iraq in their current emergencies; and NATO agreement on a new plan for a US anti-missile shield in Europe.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father presided at the Mass for the Solemnity of Christ the King at St. Peter's Basilica, concelebrated
with the 24 new cardinals, to whom he also gave their cardinal's ring.
Angelus at noon
November 21 is also the Feast of the Presentation of Mary, which is secondary this year to the major Feast of Christ the King as the dates coincide.
FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF MARY
The apocryphal Proto-Evangelium of James recounts that the girl Mary was consecrated to God by her parents Joachim and Anna, in thanksgiving for having the child after long years of barrenness. First celebrated in 6th century Jerusalem, the feast is one of the 12 major feasts in the Greek Orthodox liturgy, where it is formally known as 'the entry of the all-Holy Theotokos (God-bearer) into the temple'. It became a Catholic feast in the 16th century, emphasizing Mary's holiness from the start of her life - the one human being destined to be a living temple of God, 'greater than any temple built by man'.
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