One last glance at Christ the King before Advent. I was so taken by this verse of Crown Him with Many Crowns that we sang on Sunday:

Crown him the Lord of peace.
Whose power a scepter sways
From Pole to pole, that wars may cease,
Absorbed by prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end,
And round his pierc-ed feet
Fair flow-rs of paradise extend
Their fragrance ever sweet.

How our world needs His crucified and merciful love and the firmness of his authority!

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