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I happen to be Marky's Sunday School teacher and this morning we were learning about the "offering"- the part of the mass where the priest holds up the body and blood and says, "Through Him, with Him, in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are Yours, Almighty Father, forever and ever."

I was asking Marky why he thought we said, "through Him, with Him, in Him"....Who were we talking about? "Mommy, it's Jesus," he said. Yes, but why is it through Him that we access the Father? He said, "because every single person on earth should have been nailed upon the cross, but He did it for us instead- so now He opened heaven and we who are in Him can go in because of Him and with Him. It's so beautiful- it's more beautiful than the prettiest star or the prettiest song!"

On this feast day, where we end the liturgical year and celebrate Christ the King, it's wonderful to be reminded that our King of Kings was the Lamb that was slain. It is beautiful.