His reign must be established on earth as it is in
heaven. It is He himself who said so in
the prayer that he taught us, the Our Father: “Thy kingdom come, thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven”. And this
must be the object of our prayers, the intention of our sufferings, and the
purpose of our life. We must have no
rest until Our Lord’s reign is established.
A Catholic whose heart is not animated by this profound desire is not a
Catholic. He is not one of the faithful
of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It suffices to
re-read these lines “Now at last in these times He has spoke to us, with a Son
to speak for Him; a Son whom He has appointed to inherit all things, just as it
was through Him that He created this world of time” (Heb, 1:2).
Our Lord Jesus Christ is King now. All power has been given to Him in heaven and
on earth. “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” says Our Lord. If,
then, Our Lord’s will must be done on earth , it means that His law, the
Decalogue, must be applied on earth as it is in heaven. We must profess this even if churchmen want
no more of it. This what is dividing the
Church at present . As for us, we want
Our Lord’s honour and the social kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which must
be applied universally. We will fight
for this, and we will do our utmost to crown Jesus Christ King.
Because we speak of the social reign of Our Lord, we are
accused of engaging in politics, then we want to do so, because we want Our
Lord Jesus Christ to rule over us. We do
not want to be governed by men who are not subject to Our Lord. If only all our rulers understood that they
must be subject to Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the King of Kings, the Lord of
lords! He is the King. He could have been the King on earth and
continue to govern us. But He will be
one day, when He descends upon the clouds in the heavens. Everyone will have to render and account to
this King and Judge.
Meanwhile, today, we want authorities, leaders, who know that
they will render an account to God for the exercise of their power and their
government. For we love to be subject to
persons who do not believe themselves to be the authors of all power. Even if they have been elected by the people,
the people do not have power; the people are not God. The people can designate the one who will
exercise authority, but it does not give the authority; authority comes from
God: “there is no power but from God,” says St Paul (Rom.13:1)
This is the greatness of authority. This is the true foundation of the power of
authority, whether civil or paternal.
Paternal authority comes from God. Children know that when they are
subject to their parents, they are at the same time subject to God. How beautiful this is; how well God has made
things! But how men destroy them!
The Communists say that religion is a from of alienation,
Yes religion is an alienation in the sense that we convey our body, our soul,
our understanding, and our will into Gods hands. We alienate ourselves to give ourselves
entirely to God, to the One who created us, who saved us, and who shed all His
Blood for us. Love for love we desire to
alienate ourselves in order to give ourselves entirely to Our Lord Jesus Christ. So on this point we are in full agreement
with what the Communists say about our
holy religion. And I would say to these
friends, who are in error: “you alienate
yourselves for a party; for men; you place your nature, your strength, and all
that you have in the hands of men: that
is a bad alienation. And it is not at
all the order willed by God”.
We do not want to be subject uniquely to men who will do
with us what they will. We would not be
allowed to think except as these men think.
We would not be allowed to act except as these men want us to act. No, we want to be subject to God, yes, we are
willing to be subject. That is what we
think and what we want. We want to belong
to Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our King.
The Mass of all time, the Communion Chapter 5
Angelus Press 2007.
