My name, Raj, means “King” in sanskrit or hindi.

I never really paid much attention to it growing up - to me it was sometimes cool to have a unique name, sometimes frustrating.

But at this point in my life, I reflect on the name my parents chose for me, and it is extremely humbling. Part of me wonders if I could ever live up to my very own name.

Yesterday, as a Universal Church, we celebrated the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Yesterday, on the very last Sunday of our liturgical year, how fitting is it that we look toward the ruler of all lives - for at the end of time, all will know the glory of the Sovereign Lord…

At a live event, Matisyahu, the Orthodox Jewish musician, described in his intro to his song “King Without A Crown” that a TRUE KING is a king who would be willing to go out into the battlefield and defend his people. His courage and sacrifice is what motivates his other soldiers to fight alongside him. The king loved his people, and would give his all including his very own life for love of them.

That is the Kingship of Christ. A king so madly in love with each and everyone of us, that he humbled himself, entered the battlefield, and died for us. 

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