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   To see an Angel   
      
   To see an Angel,   
   You must see another's soul   
   To feel an Angel,   
   You must touch another's heart.   
   To hear an angel, you must listen to both.   
      
   Angels come in different   
   sizes and shapes; next time   
   You are missing an Angel;   
   Look for the light in your   
   children's eyes.   
      
      
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   October 31st - The Royalty of Christ the King   
      
   The idea of the royalty of Our Lord Jesus Christ has been present in   
   the Church since the time of His life on earth. For example, it was He   
   Himself who affirmed it when Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of   
   the Jews?" And He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke   
   23:3)   
      
   Under various titles we find manifestations of Christ as King present   
   in the Church from its beginning. There is a very old devotion that is   
   called the Christ Pantocrator--the Greek word for Christ as Lord of   
   all things. He is seated in majesty on a throne and surrounded by a   
   circular rainbow or an elliptical halo.   
      
   The rainbow in Scripture symbolizes the alliance God made with man   
   after the Flood; the elliptical halo is a symbol that was reserved to   
   signify that He rose from death. From His throne on high He rules over   
   all things. That is to say, He rules over the Church Triumphant and   
   Church Militant, which He governs as King from His Ascension until the   
   End Times, and, thenceforth, forever and ever. He is the ruler and   
   lord of all things.   
      
   Christ deserves the title of King for two different reasons   
      
   This notion of Christ the King implies that He is not only the King of   
   all things, but principally the King of every man. He deserves the   
   title of King as the Incarnate Son of God and also as our Redeemer.   
   These two rights of royalty He has over us are not identical. The   
   first is, we can say, a right by birth; the second is a right by   
   conquest.   
      
   He is our King by right of birth because there is a principle that   
   establishes that when one being is immensely superior to another, the   
   former acquires authority over the latter. Our Lord has an infinite   
   superiority over us because he is a Man hypostatically united to the   
   Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity. By His Humanity as well as His   
   Divinity, He is King and head of all mankind.   
      
   He is also King of the human genre as Redeemer because He redeemed   
   mankind: He sacrificed Himself, immolating Himself on the Cross, and   
   with His offering He saved mankind from Hell and opened the gates of   
   Heaven. With His Blood He conquered all mankind. He acquired a royal   
   right over all men. Hence the royalty of Christ Our Lord may be   
   contemplated by considering Him either on His Throne or on His Cross   
   because the two rights, while different, are nonetheless reversible.   
      
   King of the Church and King of the State   
      
   Mankind can be viewed in two types of societies: the spiritual society   
   (the Church) and the temporal society (the State).   
      
   Our Lord is King of the spiritual society, the Catholic Church. He was   
   her founder; He is the source of every grace and privilege; He   
   established her precepts. He is the Head of this monarchical society,   
   also called His Mystical Body. Therefore, He is the King of the Church   
   in the proper and true sense of the word.   
      
   The Pope is King of the Church while he is the Vicar of Christ, the   
   representative of Christ. The monarchical power the Pope exerts--the   
   power of the keys--is a power that Christ has delegated to His Vicar.   
      
   An imprecise notion often spread among Catholics about the separation   
   of Church and State affirms that the Church serves a spiritual end,   
   while the State is turned toward a temporal goal. The Church leads   
   people to Heaven; the State provides for people in their material   
   lives so they can practice the virtues to reach Heaven.   
      
   If one were to understand this separation and independence in its full   
   extension, one might say that Our Lord is only King of the Church and   
   that the State does not have a king. It also would imply that Catholic   
   States do not need to recognize Our Lord as their King. These   
   applications are false. The temporal States by their nature must have   
   Our Lord as their King. Every State has the obligation to apply the   
   laws of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and, if it does not, it is a State in   
   some stage of revolt against its true King.   
      
   Is it possible to prove that Our Lord is the true King of the State?   
   We have already done so. He has the right over all men because of His   
   birth as the Incarnate Word and because of His conquest in the   
   Redemption of mankind.   
      
   So, the State has to recognize the Catholic Church as the only true   
   and official Church. It cannot allow proselytism of false religions,   
   even though it recognizes them in their proper place in society--which   
   is not one of relevance--and tolerates them when there is no other   
   solution. For example: the Brazilian State should always avoid   
   allowing the immigration of Protestants or Schismatics to our country.   
   If there is no other solution, however, it may tolerate it. But it   
   should avoid it as much as it possibly can, or it would be going   
   against the royalty of Our Lord Jesus Christ.   
      
   All the laws of the State should be inspired by the Church, as it used   
   to be before the French Revolution. Indeed, at that time, when the   
   Church would promulgate a law, it would also be applied in the State   
   without the need to be ratified. Let us say the Church would establish   
   new laws regarding births, burials, marriages or education: the State   
   would automatically accept and apply them as well.   
      
   The religious authorities were the object of public respect and honor   
   because they were the authorities of the true Church of the true God,   
   who was the King of the State.   
      
   To demonstrate their respect for the Church, the State must organize   
   all civil, cultural and artistic life in accordance with the law of   
   Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a consequence of the principle that Our   
   Lord is the King of human societies.   
      
   These notions are very familiar to us, even though they have been   
   generally forgotten today. Everything we hear either from the pulpits   
   or progressivist authorities lead us not only to forget, but also to   
   deny these principles. As a consequence, we Catholics are becoming   
   accustomed to the wrong idea that the State should naturally be   
   a-religious, having nothing to do with Our Lord Jesus Christ. Thus   
   today we see the civil State constantly ignoring and denying Our Lord.   
      
   This is the principle of the royalty of Our Lord in the two spheres.   
      
   Practical reason to stress these truths   
      
   One thing is to believe in these truths theoretically; another is to   
   live with a constant sense that they are true. Every time we see the   
      
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