A five-year-old boy was stalling going to bed. He asked for a glass of juice.

"No, sir," his father answered. "No more juice. I’m king of the juice in this house."

"That’s not right, Daddy," the young fellow retorted. "Our Sunday school teacher said Jesus is the king of the juice."

Pilate summoned Jesus to his palace and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

Jesus doesn’t answer the question directly. How could he? The title "King of the Jews" hardly sums up his mission. But finally he does concede that, yes, he is a king. That is why he came into the world. That is why he was born . . .

Today is known as Christ the King Sunday in many churches. In 1925 Pope Pius XI wanted people to know that this is Christ’s world, not the emerging dictators of that day. Mussolini had been in po…