Christ The King From "The Saint Andrew Daily Missal" (1953)

Pope Pius XI (whose motto was: Pax Christi in regno Christi) instituted the feast of Christ the King as a solemn affirmation of our Lord's kingshipover every human society; He is King, not only of the soul and conscience, intelligence and will of all men, but also of families and cities, peoples and states and the whole universe. In his Encyclical Letter "Quas primas"
[http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius11/P11PRIMA.HTM] the Pope showed how laicism or secularism, organizing society without any reference to God, leads to the apostasy of the masses and the ruin of society, because it is a complete denial of Christ's Kingship. This is one of the great heresies of our time, and the Pope considered that this annual,public, social and official assertion of Christ's divine right of
Kingship over men in the liturgy would be an effective means of combating it.

That Christ is King over all creation is the theme of the whole Mass and Office of the feast. The Mass begins with the magnificent Apocalyptic vision of the Lamb of God, sacrificed but henceforth glorified for ever, acclaimed by the innumerable host of Angels and Saints (Introit). By its position on the last Sunday of October, towards the end of the Liturgical year and just before All Saints, the feast of Christ the King comes as the climax of our celebration of all Christ's mysteries and a kind of earthly anticipation of his everlasting reign over the elect in the glory of heaven. It sums up the Christian message that by his Death and
Resurrection Christ has conquered sin and death and reigns in the glory of his victory among the elect who are its fruit. Christ is the creative Word; He is the Man-God, seated at the right hand of the Father; He is our Saviour; these are His three titles to kingship.

O Christ Jesus I acknowledge Thee to be the King of the universe: all that has been made is created for Thee. Exercise over me all Thy sovereign rights. I hereby renew the promises of my baptism renouncing Satan and all his works and pomps and I engage myself to lead henceforth a truly Christian life. And in a special manner I undertake to bring about the triumph of the rights of God and Thy Church so far as in me lies. Divine Heart of Jesus I offer Thee my poor actions to obtain the acknowledgment by every heart of Thy sacred kingly power. Thus may the kingdom of Thy peace be firmly established throughout all the earth. Amen.