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Bottom left: Bishop John McDowell, Archbishop Paul 2.00pm to 6.00pm Kwong and Dean John Mann. Concluding with a Service of Carols at 7.00pm IAN MCELROY JOINERY For all your joinery, carpentry, Refreshments served roofing and tiling needs throughout the day Tel: 02866385226 or 07811397429 3 The Clogher Diocesan MAGAZINE A NotE FroM tHE BIsHop In the past two years the rt revd John Mcdowell I notice that I have The See House, 152a Ballagh Road, November 2013 November written something about the season of Advent in Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone. BT75 0QP the November issue of tel: 028 895 22461 the Diocesan Magazine. Email: [email protected] This time I want to write something about the week before Advent which also falls in Of course it doesn’t show itself in that way. When we November. It used to be please ourselves we are very good at dressing it up as called “Stir up” Sunday though really it is for the good of others. That is part of because of the opening the craftiness of sin. It was a great battle for Our Lord, line of the old Collect who spent many nights of lonely prayer on the cold of the day: Stir up, we mountain to try to fnd out what the Father’s will really beseech thee, O Lord..... was. It is no easier for us. The Sunday before Advent is now called “The Feast of If we trace His footsteps from the sordid manger to the Christ the King” and it is supposed to remind us that in bloody cross we will fnd very little that would please Advent we prepare for the return of the King, just as at us. Christmas we celebrate the birth of the King. By nature we like to be respected and looked up to and But what sort of a King is he? it goes very hard with us if we think that people are looking down at us or sneering at us. But He was born In the Bible the King is The Lord’s Anointed. Just as with into a very poor family indeed and amidst the muck of a Queen Elizabeth at her coronation, oil was poured over byre. At no time in his life did he ever have an occupation the head of the Kings of Israel to indicate by anointing or hold any offcial position or involve himself in any that they were chosen by God. organisation that had any respect or prestige. The word that the New Testament uses for this is These are the names that he was called at different “Messiah”, which means literally “anointed”. Jesus was times in his life: a sorcerer, an imposter, a blasphemer, the Messiah, the Anointed King of Israel. But, here is the a drunkard and a rebel. Those were the only titles of interesting thing; he refused to allow people to call him honour that were given to him and he was the victim of by that name. He knew perfectly well that he was the every nasty tongue. Chosen One of the Father, but he refused to be called a King. By nature we like to be thought well of and especially so when we go out of our way to be kind and courteous, He refused to be called a King because he knew that and if that is not appreciated we can get very indignant. people would misunderstand what that meant. Kings He was the world’s greatest benefactor, and spent his lived lives of luxury in palaces. In Jesus’ day Kings did whole ministry curing diseases and feeding the hungry not care much about the welfare of their people who and teaching the truth, and always repaying evil with they looked upon as their servants. Kings had wealth good. And what was His reward? He was slighted by and power and were often cruel and capricious tyrants. his family, and deserted by his disciples and one of his bosom friends betrayed him. Jesus was a king of a completely different sort - he was a Servant King, who did not exploit people. In fact He By nature we all like to be comfortably off and gave His life for His people. Kings in Jesus day could do particularly nowadays we hate to have to go without. whatever they liked. Jesus was a king who did not do And what did God appoint for His Son, the King? He what he liked, but who did the will of His Father. was abjectly poor and throughout his ministry he had no steady income. He had not so much as a house to That was the great battle of his whole life, to do what lay his head. At one time he had to borrow the money to His Father wanted him to do. And that is the greatest pay the Temple tax, which was a very small sum indeed. battle of all of our lives - you and I - whose will should He owed his everyday existence to the alms of friends, be done. Do we please ourselves or do we please God? mostly women, and sometimes had to depend on the Thy will be done. fgs that grew on trees at the side of the road for food.