Today’s antiphon reflection will be much shorter than the rest, only because many of the themes have been discussed.  Our antiphon today reads: “O King of all nations and keystone of the Church: come and save man, whom you formed from the dust!”  

    My favorite part of Advent is reading all the Old Testament texts that foreshadow the coming of Christ.  As one begins to pray with Ezekiel 37: 21-28, through the lens of the New Testament, the passage foreshadows Christ the King!  The prophet Ezekiel is telling his listeners what The Lord told him: that a great King, like David, will come and gather together all the kingdoms.  "They will be my people and I will be their God.”

    G.K. Chesterton loved looking at the great paradoxes of Christianity.  The King of Kings lowered himself to being born in a barn.  His bed was a tiny manger, his robes were swaddling clothes, his crown was made of thorns, and his throne would become a cross.  How do we know he's a King?  Because he fought the greatest battle ever on the cross and won.  Because kingdoms have been brought together in his name.  All are saved under Christ the King and all share in his wonderful kingship who also share in his wonderful gift of the Eucharist...the greatest treasure of the King of Kings.