This morning, 8.23.2020, the Sunday Mass from the Passionist monastery in Jamaica began with "To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King." Although I often heard this hymn during my high school days, I would never have guessed its origin in the first year of our Second World War. Please see Deacon Greg Kandra's explanation HERE.
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Much of the liturgical movement of the Twentieth Century was led by German and Austrian monks and their friends in the United States. In this instance, Father Martin Hellriegel wrote this hymn as a proclamation opposite the claims of Hitler and the doctrines of the Nazis.
Greg Kandra is a permanent deacon at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Forest Hills.
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