Saying, Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord. That Isaiah , our King, the Messiah or Christ, who was sent by God to save us and give us His blessing.
Peace in heaven. That through Christ we may have peace with God and the angels, who are offended at our sins, and therefore glory on high, to Him who dwells in the heavens. "He is called the King," says Bede, "not to exact tribute or to arm a host, and visibly destroy His enemies, but because He rules our souls and leads us up into heaven." "Because," he adds, "Christ shone forth in the flesh as the Propitiation of the whole world. Rightly therefore the Heavenly Host, that is the angels who sang at His birth and men who praised Him, when He was about to return to heaven, unite one with another in His praises." Theophylact: "It is shown that the former war, in which we opposed God, has vanished away, and that God is praised by the angels in such a Reconciliation. The same fact, also, that God walks in our land shows that He is in unity with us."
