Hallelujah He
reigns
Hallelujah
The Lord almighty reigns.
Christ
the King for Delhi Archdiocese is the culmination of the year and the
announcement of the Christmas season.
Christ the King brings the entire Delhi together as one family. All the parishes are invited to join in the
witnessing of our faith. Every parish
comes together as one family every Sunday.
Within our Small Christian Community we feel the sense of belonging, the
feel of one family; we share our joys and sorrows in this family. Every Sunday we experience the joy of
belonging to the Parish church. We
realize that we are part of a bigger family.
It’s a joy to meet our brothers and sisters in parish and share
greetings. We feel the sense of
belonging, belonging to a larger family. Once a year we come together on the
Feast of Christ the King as one big Diocesan family.
What
a friend we have in Jesus
All
our sins and grief’s to bear,
What
a privilege to carry,
Everything
to God in prayer.
3. We
are indeed privileged. We have been
blessed with the grace of faith. We have
nothing to fear. Our Lord will take care
of us. Lets pray for all the prodigal
sons and daughters, all those who are not blessed with the faith. We know how terrible it is to be
unbelieving. It robs us of our peace of
mind, it robs us of our family, it robs us the feeling of one with the
community.
You alone are my strength, my shield
To you alone may y spirit yield
You alone are my heart’s desire
And I long to worship thee.
4. Many
of us faithful are embarrassed of our faith.
We are reluctant to profess or even reveal our faith. It is not considered cool. Is there an element of fear? May be
in some cases and in some situations.
Christ the King celebration is the professing of our faith, as a community
to the world at large. It should not be
construed that we Catholics want to show our strength. NO. It
is perhaps not even to tell our neighbours that we are Christians and we are
proud of it. I feel that it is an
internal joy that brings us out as a community once a year. It is the urge to share that joy. The feast is celebrated on the last but one
Sunday of November and in Delhi the weather has become cooler. To spend a Sunday morning out walking in
procession is difficult. We are tempted
to stay in bed. There is no Mass in
Church that morning so we have a ready excuse.
Apart from overcoming the laziness or moving from the comfort zone one
has to have the courage and conviction to come out, to stand out. To proclaim your faith you need courage which
many of us do not have. So we bury ourselves
under the blanket.
5. This
year there was a big crowd. It took
nearly an hour to move out of St Columba’s school ground and most probably the
head of the procession would be walking back into the ground when the last
parish would have left the ground. Don’t
know what the general public watching the procession would have felt. In India where such processions are a common site,
it would have generated very little curiosity.
Some may observe the peaceful and prayerful nature of procession. Some few might have been inconvenienced as
there were traffic diversions although in a limited area and only for a limited
time.
6. The
exuberance of the congregation as the Blessed Sacrament was carried into the
grounds in a procession was overwhelming.
The Alleluia and the chanting expressed the joy and acknowledgement of
Christ as the King. St John’s Parish,
Palam Colony led this final stage of the procession with flags and ceremonial
umbrellas. After benediction the whole
community had a meal together.
