Christ the King Sunday

Christ the King digital linocut by Diane Newcomer

Explore the latest episode of "I Believe In," the Spiritual formation podcast for kids and families. Visit the jokes desk, hear riddles, and the learn about the significance of Christ the King Sunday in the church calendar. Join hosts Diane and Russ as they unpack the origins of this feast, its relevance across traditions, and the transition from ordinary time to Advent. Discover more about the history of Christ the King Sunday, a book recommendation and an update on the podcast's new Sunday release schedule. Tune in for laughter, spiritual insights, and engaging discussions.

Transcript:

0:08

Hello and welcome to "I Believe In” your podcast for spiritual formation for kids and families. I'm Diane.

Russ: I'm Russ. Thanks for joining us this episode.

0:19

Diane: You know what I've been having so much fun doing.

What have you been having a lot of fun doing finding more jokes and riddles. Oh joining joining the desks together and doing jokes and riddles at the same time.

Diane: Nope. Today we're gonna have jokes and then I have a riddle.

Russ: Okay, let's hear what the jokes desk has to say.

Diane: Okay, since it is snowing outside, I thought I would continue on with cold themed jokes.
Russ:Not like emotionally cold but know her. Okay.

Diane: Brrrr. Okay, what is penguins favorite? Kind of food?

Russ: Snow cones

Diane: Ice brr…rgers.

Diane: What kind of trees were mittens?

Rhink about your hand that wears a mitten.

Palm trees.

Russ: Palm Trees. Way to go.

Diane: Okay, and this one isn't but I just think it's funny. What do you get when you brush your teeth with this soap?

Russ:

I really bad taste in your mouth.

Diane: bubble gums. Oh

Russ: well, that was the jokes.

Diane: That was the jokes desk, desk. Okay. Now I have one last one for you. Why did the king go to the dentist?

Russ: Because his teeth were needing cleaning?

Diane: to get his crown checked. Get it. Oh, you get a crown.

You got his crown checked. Hmm.

I thought that one was appropriate for today since it's Christ the King Sunday.

Russ: Hey, that was good. Yes, Christ. The king Sunday is a relatively new addition to the church calendar.

Diane: Yes, I was reading in my Through the year with Tommie DePaola book about it. Okay. I would really recommend this book. If we're giving out recommendations for families. I like this one. It tells you all about the holidays and it has special Saint days in it. And it has Tommi de Paola

Russ: Who is an artist, right?

Diane: Yes, he wrote Strega Nona. He's prolific.

Russ: He wrote a lot of kids books.

Diane: So many Okay. Also I would recommend his books.

But it has all his little artists sketchings and everything and it's very informative. So I would recommend Through the year with Tony DePaula by Ignatius Press, it was recently put out okay, so what this has to say,

“Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the universe, Christ the King is celebrated on the last Sunday of the church's liturgical year just before the first Sunday of Advent”

This yearr Advent is on December 3. Yes. So this is the last… we made it to the end of the liturgical year.

Russ: Yep, this is getting ready to end the ordinary time.

Diane: Yes.

Russ: And the liturgical year and start Advent and the new liturgical calendar year

Diane: Quiz.

What was the two types of times we talked about on a previous episode?

Russ: I will have to quiz the listeners on that one.

Diane: Okay. You think about it Lester's and we'll give you the answer at the end,

Diane: okay.

Russ: Okay.

Unknown 3:41

“So, it is the day we celebrate Jesus is King of heaven, earth and indeed the whole universe. This feast was instituted by Pope Pius the XI.” What's that one?

Russ: The 11th

Diane: Thank you, “In 1925 to remind the faithful that whatever acts of violence, greed or injustice are committed by earthly governments. It is Christ who is the true sovereign. This solemnity is a day to pray for our leaders that they submit themselves to Christ authority and use their power according to the laws of God.”

That's a good one.

Russ: That is a good one. And it's interesting to think about 1925 when he would have instituted this, it's a few years after the end of what they would have called the Great War.

Diane: because they didn't know there was another one

Russ: Right. And that ended in November of 1918. You had the Russian Revolution, there's still some unrest going on in parts of the world. So it's understandable why they would want to have this feast to remind people that Jesus is still Christ is King overall.

Diane: He is King of the universe and with war, and just all sorts of things that are happening now and have happened in the past. It's great to remember that Christ is the king over everything, and that our hope shouldn't be in governments or in people, but in Jesus.

Russ: and I think it's really interesting that we decided to end ordinary time with this with this feast that celebrates that Jesus's king as we go into Advent where we remember that He came to earth in humble circumstances.

Diane: And then he's becoming king because we talk about that a lot during Advent that he's the coming King, but we're just going straight from Christ as the king to remembering that he's coming as a king. I like that.

Russ: Yeah. So I also looked at this as feast has also been celebrated in other churches and other ways for a while.

Diane: You mean other church traditions?

Russ: Other than just the Catholic Church because we said Pope Pius added it into the church calendar. So this this idea of celebrating Jesus's came before Advent comes has has been around longer than just 1925.

Diane: Well, whenever I mentioned Christ, the King Sunday, you and I said this is a newer a newer day. You said wait a second. I know that day.

Russ: Yeah. Because the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America which is where my mom grew up, going to my great grandfather was a pastor in celebrates Christ, the King Sunday. Now, I don't know how long they've been doing that. But I remember hearing about Christ the King Sunday around Christmas and Advent.

Diane: Do you know what you could eat traditionally on Christ the King Sunday?

Russ: What could you let me guess?

Diane:Okay

Russ: Would you eat doughnuts because they're like a crown.

Diane: So close, but donuts was for Halloween. Do you remember? it's a bundt cake Bundt cake.

Russ: Okay, because the Bundt cake would look like a crown. Kids we do not advocate wearing bundt cakes on your heads as crowns

Diane: but if you want to and have a picture taken, you can contact us @diane.no No, it's

Diane@DianeNewcomer.com.

Yeah, send us a picture.

Russ: Yes, send us a picture but do it with your parents permission

Diane: Yes. Also, I would like to put it take a little break in our Christ the King learning and have a little commercial break that if any child wants to recite a Bible verse, and send it to us, have their parents send it to us. We would love to be putting kids saying bible verses on future podcast episodes. So if you have a Bible verse memorized and want to be on a podcast, feel free to send over the clip to Diane@DianeNewcomer.com I would love that.

Russ: That would be really fun.

Diane: And our son is going to do one in an upcoming episode.

7:54

Russ: So we had a riddle.

Diane Yes, we're ready for the riddles desk.

7:59

Diane: I am the ruler yet not of Earth's land, my teachings are love. They widely expand on this Sunday honored with praise and song in faith I'm exalted where I belong.

8:13

Russ: I'm guessing that's Jesus the Christ. Since it’s Christ, the King Sunday

Diane: That is a Christ the King Sunday.

Russ: All right, I actually got one again.

Diane: way to go.

Russ: So we need to tell our listeners about the two cycles of time on the church calendar.

Diane: We have the cycle of light: Advent, Christmas and epiphany and the cycle of life. Lent Easter and ordinary time. So we're just ending the cycle of life. And moving into the cycle of light.

Russ: We're ending ordinary time and moving into avid.

Diane: Yes. And I think that's really easy to remember because we light Advent candles and we put out Christmas lights and we have lots of light whenever it's so dark at Christmas. Or in December.

9:01

Russ: I think that tells our listeners a lot about the feast of Christ the King on this Sunday, the last Sunday of the liturgical year.

Diane: I have a little announcement. We are planning on changing… when you might have noticed this came out on a Sunday. We're changing whenever we release the podcast, we're gonna release it on Sundays. So if you want to listen while you drive to church, we'll be right here in your ear or on your car radio. Or when you drive home. We're here anytime really, because you just push play on the podcast player. All right.

Russ: Well, thanks for joining us here. On this episode of I believe in

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