Saint Josemaria liked the aspiration, Regnare Christum volumus, and it became the episcopal motto of don Alvaro de Portillo. What does it mean?

We have to go back to the origin of kings in the Old Testament. The book of Judges ended with its haunting antiphon, “In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. (Judges 21, 25)”

This stark conclusion connected two realities: Israel’s kinglessness and the galloping relativism of God’s people. After the distressing ending of the Conquest and Judges period, the story turns more hopeful with a short “golden age” in the period of the Royal Kingdom, which consists of four acts, each focused on a key leader of God’s people: Samuel, Saul, David, and Solomon.

Music: Handel, Opera Rinaldo, Aria "Lascia ch'io pianga", arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

Thumbnail: Michelangelo, David, in Florence. From https://youthareawesome.com.

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