“We are the clay and you are the potter; we are all the work of Your hands.” (Isaiah 64:7): Pygmalion, the sculptor, is one of the most famous characters in the myths of ancient Greece. Because he could not find any woman that measured up to his ideal of womanhood, he decided not to marry. Instead, he undertook to carve a statue of a woman that fulfilled his dreams. The statue that he carved was outstandingly beautiful. He treated it as if it were real, dressing it in the loveliest clothing, decorating it with jewelry of gold and precious stones. Next time he visited the temple of Venus, the goddess of love, he timidly prayed that she give him a wife “like my statue.” Venus took note of the prayer. When Pygmalion returned home and kissed his beautiful statue, it came to life. Taking the name Galatea, she accepted Pygmalion’s hand in marriage. Fact is even more wonderful than fiction. God the creator is the divine sculptor. He shaped each one of us, and then fell in love with those whom he had made. “…O Lord, you are our Father, we are the clay and you are the potter; we are all the work of Your hands.” (Isaiah 64:7. Today’s first reading).
Our Lord Jesus Christ , King of the Universe: November 22, 2020
KING OF KINGS
The King of Kings is a silent film directed by Cecil B. De Mille in 1927. It is a religious movie about the last weeks of Jesus on earth. It was a production acclaimed by world-famed scholars, the press and the public in the U. S. and abroad, as the most ambitious presentation of the final years of the life of Jesus ever pictured on the screen. It was seen by over a billion people all over the world. De Mille claimed that the most important tribute to the movie he had ever received came from a woman who had only a few days to live. Her nurse wheeled her to a hall in the hospital to see the movie. After viewing the whole movie she wrote to the producer DeMille: “Thank you sir, thank you for your King of Kings. It has changed my expected death from a terror to a glorious anticipation.” She shared the feelings of the good thief who heard the promise of Jesus: “Today you will be with me in paradise.”Both of them were suffering, both expected death and both received new hope from the dying King of kings for only he could give them what he promised because he is God, the King of kings and Lord of all. --Today, as we celebrate the feast of Jesus, the King of kings, and as his Calvary sacrifice is re-presented on our altar, let us approach our Lord with repentant hearts and trusting Faith in his promise of eternal life.