So when it comes to this weekend's feast of Christ the King - it takes a little heavy lifting to get our minds around this idea that there is a supreme rulership of a land whose authority is worthy of our acceptance, indeed even our striving to live under it!

This becomes easier when we understand that this land, is love.

And this King, is love.

We're asked to reject the earthly kingdom of domination, with its systems of political oppression, economic exploitation, and chronic violence.

And to accept the notion of a heavenly Kingdom where everyone has enough and nobody has to be afraid.

We can see how that kingdom is both one that needs to come as well as one that, in fits and starts, is already here.

When Jesus asks us to pray "thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven,"

It's this idea that we can actually bring this Kingdom to Earth - as we love.

Love is our King, and we are it's Royal subjects, serving that Kingdom by walking in love.