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“Thy Kingdom Come!”: Christ the King Reigns in Consciences, by Douglas Bushman – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

“Thy Kingdom Come!”: Christ the King Reigns in Consciences, by Douglas Bushman

Pope Leo XIV Condemns Usury, a Grave Sin That Speaks to the Corruption of the Human Heart, by Walter Sánchez Silva

October 21, 2025

How I Met the Bishops’ Deep State, by Christopher Manion (Aug. 2025)

October 21, 2025

Detail of window in St Botolph without Aldersgate, London, depicting Christus Rex. (Image: John Salmon/Wikipedia)

By Douglas Bushman, Catholic World Report, Oct. 19, 2025

Douglas Bushman is well-known as past director of the Institute for Pastoral Theology at Ave Maria University and the University of Dallas, and for his courses on Ecclesiology, Catholic Spirituality, John Paul II, Vatican II, and Pastoral Theology. …

Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the coming of the kingdom in human consciences, and the resulting refulgence of Christ’s truth in culture, is the deplorable lack of interiority so prevalent in today’s secular and materialistic culture.

That Jesus taught His disciples to pray for the coming of the kingdom (Mt 6:9–13; Lk 11:2–4) long before they could fully understand its true nature has long intrigued me. Clearly, Jesus intends to lead His disciples into a full understanding of what it means for God’s kingdom to come, and for Him to be its king.

And yet, even after all the formation they received from Him, the final question that the apostles put to their Master, on the day of the Ascension, concerns the coming of the kingdom: “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6). Jesus responds that they will finally fully understand when they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). …

“Thy Kingdom Come!”: Christ the King Reigns in Consciences, by Douglas Bushman

Pope Leo XIV Condemns Usury, a Grave Sin That Speaks to the Corruption of the Human Heart, by Walter Sánchez Silva

How I Met the Bishops’ Deep State, by Christopher Manion (Aug. 2025)

By Douglas Bushman, Catholic World Report, Oct. 19, 2025

Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the coming of the kingdom in human consciences, and the resulting refulgence of Christ’s truth in culture, is the deplorable lack of interiority so prevalent in today’s secular and materialistic culture.

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