king jesus

Speaking of kingships, Jane Freeman has the commentary this week at Thinking Anglicans about the triumphal nature of this part of the liturgical year -- Sunday, we celebrate Christ the King.

Watching President Bush's state visit to the UK, Freeman contrasts secular symbols of power and might with our understanding of God's kingdom as it is described in the Gospels.

Virginia reminded me that at Winchester Cathedral, they have altered the responses used in Evensong, taking out the old phrase, Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. and have inserted the words ...there is none other that ruleth the world....

Our parish choir learned about the change when we sang at the Cathedral in 2002, and have continued to use those words when we have choral evensong.