Jesus King of Love Series - Jesus Dwelling Among Us

The Enthronement is "the Official and Social Recognition of the loving Kingship of the Heart of Jesus in a Christian family." This recognition is made manifest by giving the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus a place of honour in the home which is thus solemnly offered Him by an act of consecration. The God of infinite mercy said in paray-le-Monial: "Being Myself the fount of all blessings I will distribute these abundantly wherever the image of My Heart has found a place, to the end that It may be loved and honoured." And further: "I shall reign in spite of My enemies and all those who attempt to oppose Me."

The Enthronement then is simply the realisation, not of this or that one of the requests made by Our Saviour to St Margaret Mary, but the complete and integral realisation of all of them, calling forth the fulfillment of the splendid promises with which the King of Love has enriched them. Note that we say "integral realisation" of all the requests made in Paray: for the supreme end of the Enthronement is not, and ought not to be, to further a new pious practice, but to sanctify the home, and convert it into a living and social throne for the divine King.

Truly, in order that the world may be transformed and saved, it is absolutely necessary that the Nativity should be not only a great feast, but a living and lasting reality; in other words, that Jesus, our Emmanuel, should be really and truly dwelling among us, His banished brethren, who are much more weak than evil. Let us not deceive ourselves; in order to bring about the day, be it far or distant,  of the Social Reign of Jesus Christ, proclaimed and revered as King, ruling by Sovereign right throughout the whole of human society, it will be necessary for us to re-fashion the society of today from its very basis, that is to say to rebuild it on the model of Nazareth. Every nation is worth what the family life is worth, for a nation has ever been, either in holiness or corruption, that which the home is. There has never been any exception whatever to this rule.

Excerpt from Jesus The King of Love by Fr Mateo Crawley-Boevey

Jesus The King of Love - Fr Mateo Crawley Boevey

A beautiful and inspiring book Jesus The King of Love describes Fr Mateo Crawley Boevey's apostolate and life's work. It is the result of monks, nuns, priests and layfolk taking notes of Fr Mateo's retreats and conferences and publishing their notes. In time these notes became the book described below.

Jesus The King of Love sums up the meaning of The Enthronement of Jesus in our homes and the great personal love Jesus has for us and we should have for Jesus. I am going to post a series based on this book because as Fr Mateo urges below "If you find these pages useful, pass on the book to others after reading it yourself."

Jesus The King of Love

Conferences by Fr Mateo Crawley Boevey

Dedication

To All the Apostles of the Reign of the Heart of Jesus

Dear Fellow Labourers,

This volume is dedicated to all who have shared with me the glory and responsibility of the Work of the Enthronement. It contains much of what I have said and preached; my words were jotted down on the spot by zealous listeners and published in French under the title "Vers le Roi d'Amour." In this edition I have added over a hundred pages with a view to throwing further light on our spirit and vocation and the book now appears under the title "Jesus, King of Love." Read it and ponder it lovingly, apostles of the Divine Heart.

May these simple pages, by the grace of the King of Love, bring light and love into your interior life and apostolate in hours of difficulty and trial. The book claims no literary value, it seeks only to make Jesus better known and loved, for, as Saint Bernard says, His Name is Joy unspeakable, honey to the lips and music to the heart.

Love It and make It loved.

If you find these pages useful, pass on the book to others after reading it yourself. Yours very affectionately and gratefully in the Sacred Heart.

Fr Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS.CC.