“Thy Kingdom Come!”: Christ the King reigns in consciences

The Church shapes history in the same way that God does: by shaping the consciences of the men and women who shape history, precisely through that violence likened to crucifying the old man and the purification of consciences.

November 21, 2020Douglas BushmanEssay,Features1Print

That Jesus taught His disciples to pray for the coming of the kingdom (Mt 6:9–13; Lk 11:2–4) long before they could fully understand its true nature has long intrigued me. Clearly, Jesus intends to lead His disciples into a full understanding of what it means for God’s kingdom to come, and for Him to be its king.

And yet, even after all of the formation they received from Him, the final question that the apostles put to their…