text: I'm reflecting more on last Sunday's feast of Christ the King, and wonder if I might provoke some comments. Might have to do it in two sections.
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  First, calling Christ a 'King' is something Jesus said was not of this world. When the people wanted to make him a king after the multiplication of the loaves, he fled from it.  He did preach the 'kingdom of God' where 'God's will be done'.
  But by and large our putting a crown on Jesus and drewwing him up like royalty is  a romantic notion taken from faity tales and has not served the Church, or Jesus, well.
  
  Calling Jesus a King is what got Him killed. And it has led to making Popes into Kings and civil Rulers, and Cardinals into 'princes' with all the fancy regalia.
  
  The reality of hereditatary kings running in the family has been mostly a disaster. Even Biblically, only 4 or 5 of the kings were good ones. And same with kings of Europe - most were a disaster and a disgrace. Often the 'heir' had to kill of the rivals, as did Solomon and som