Christ the King Sunday

 Ivan Rachov

The church year draws to a close with Christ the King Sunday. As we prepare for Advent (next week) we are reminded that all things in this life draw us closer to the culmination and the adoration of the King of kings.

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 Splendor and honor and kingly power
are Yours by right, O Lord our God,
For You created everything that is,
and by Your will they were created and 

have their being;
And Yours by right, O Lamb that was slain,
for with Your blood You have redeemed for God,
From every family, language, people, and nation,
a kingdom of priests to serve our God.
And so, to Him who sits upon the throne,
and to Christ the Lamb,
Be worship and praise, dominion and splendor,
for ever and for evermore.

Book of Common Prayer, 1979 

(Revelation 4:11; 5:9-10, 13)

 (Painting -  Ivan Rachov, Lamb of God, Ceiling of the Apostolic Nuntiature 
(Vatican Embassy) in Sofia, Bulgaria)