{"id":3363,"date":"2008-09-21T21:03:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T21:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/09\/opportet-autem-illum-regnare\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T19:26:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:26:34","slug":"opportet-autem-illum-regnare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/09\/opportet-autem-illum-regnare\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportet autem Illum regnare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gesù<\/span>
\nMy new life here in Tulsa began one month ago on the feast of Our Lady of Knock, Thursday, August 21st. My days are full — from Matins until Compline — and they pass quickly. There is much that I would want to share with the readers of Vultus Christi. Today, while reading one of my favourite spiritual authors, Dom Eugène Vandeur, O.S.B., I came upon his meditation on the words of the Pater, “Thy Kingdom come.” Here is part of it:<\/em>
\nThy Kingdom come!
\nCome, Lord Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords (Ap 19, 16);
\nmake Thy solemn entrance today into my heart:
\nreign Thou in my innermost being.
\nIs not that Thy true kingdom (Lk 17, 21)?
\nAnd then act upon all my forces,
\nthe forces of my soul, of my mind, of my heart,
\nupon the energies of my body;
\nreign Thou absolutely;
\nI give over to Thee straightway all the powers and possessions of my being;
\ndo Thou but reign over me and all that belongs to me.
\nYet what have I, Lord, but my nothingness, my weakness,
\nthe sad results of my sins?
\nNevertheless, reign even over all that,
\nin order that I may pass into Thee,
\nin order that Thou, once more, with great desire,
\nmayest eat Thy Pasch with me (Lk 22, 15).
\nThen shall I pass and enter into sincere, lasting, and sweet communion with Thee
\nin Thy functions as Priest, Victim, and Altar of Thy Sacrifice.
\nthen wilt Thou take possession of my being;
\nThou wilt offer it in truth, in untold plenitude to my Father Who is in heaven.
\nYes, my soul will be filled with Thee, Lord Jesus.
\nMade the city of Thy reign,
\nit will have from that time forth but one passion,
\na passion essential to Thy saints:
\nnamely, to extend the reign of my Heavenly Father,
\nthis reign which is Thy very Self, O my Christ!
\nI shall burn with the desire to make Thee known and loved;
\nto lead all souls, sinners especially, to Thy sacred feet,
\nthat there they may be bound fast with faith and love
\nand, casting themselves into Thine arms,
\nmay still their longing, even as I,
\nat the wound of love where Thou refreshest all who thirst
\nfor the Life eternal which Thou art.
\nO Father, may Thy kingdom come!
\nMay the reign of Jesus Christ begin!
\nFor He must reign.
\nOpportet autem Illum regnare<\/em> (1 Cor 15,5).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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