The end of this liturgical year is now here.  Next week starts Advent with a new liturgical year with now cycle C, which will have the Gospel of Luke for the reflection throughout the year. Toward the later part of the year, the theme of discipleship was adopted.  It is now fitting to end honorable this time of discipleship with the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. The disciples are called to be servants just like Christ the King shows what it means to be a true king, that is being a servant.  The kingship of Christ was not to sit in a throne forever receiving all praise and worship, though He deserved it.  For him be all dominion, glory and kingship.  He left his throne, and became man and as he stated, “I did not come to be served, but to serve and to give my life for the ransom of many.”  He is the type of king who is not afraid to get his hands dirty. He is the type of king who leads by example. It’s not what he says, but what he does that makes the difference.  He is a servant-king who is not afraid to leave his throne and help the least of his brothers and sisters through service. So, a disciple needs to follow the pattern set before by the King of King and Lord of Lord, be a person who serves. There is, however, a danger for those who live in this world.  They might never become disciples.  There are those who live their entire lives away from God, and will never come to God, and much less be His disciples.  They became by their lack of faith and inaction to help others the ones who have pierced him.  They too will see him when he comes in glory and power amid the clouds but for their condemnation. It was all true all along, and now too late to change anything. They will lament their destiny, but they had their chance to be agents of change by service while in this world and they blew it!  He who is the Alpha and the Omega will come in power at His Second Coming and there will be a recognition of those who were true disciples, and those who pierced him by their indifference.  The ones who squandered their life away from God will have to render an account of they have done with their lives. At the Second Coming it will be Jesus who will be asking of all, “What have you done?” The true disciple will be ready to give an orderly account of the life of service, while the squanderers will be reduced into silence.  Some of them think they are very smart with their philosophies, but they will be shown to be fools who lost their salvation.  It is better to live as a disciple with a life full of faith and service. This solemnity is to remind who is being served while in this limited time of life, the King of the Universe or the prince of this world.  It reminds the disciple that it’s worth living a life of service for the King in the end will allow them to enter His Kingdom that does not belong to this world. It is good to be his disciples while on earth so later we can become His attendants in heaven and be allowed to see the King in all His splendor seated in His throne of glory. It will be a splendid sight out of this world, worth serving.