Christ the King: a passage from Mozart's Requiem

The Feast of Christ the King , which we celebrate this Sunday , is quite recent. It was instituted in 1925 by Pius XI.

Pope Pius was concerned about the secularism and materialism of 20th century society , and he gave us this feast so as to make it clear that Christ rightly belongs at the centre of every aspect of our lives , he is King of Kings and Lord of Lord.

"Rex tremendae majestatis - King of great and terrible majesty . That passage from Mozart's Requiem gives us one image of Christ the King : the one who comes on the last day to judge the living and the dead . it's an image we know well from sacred art" , says Monsignor Philip Whitmore.

A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick.

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