God, You Are Sovereign, Robed in Majesty
On this Solemnity of Jesus the Christ, King of the Universe, our psalm would speak of one who is the author of all creation. Psalm 93 sings to a Ruler, superior to all others. “Our praise and worship of God, the almighty, gives us hope and trust in the world God has made, which is ‘firm/not to be moved.’” The Jesuit poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, wrote one of the loveliest descriptions of all of creation in his poem, “God’s Grandeur.” The opening line of the poem says: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God.” Like the psalmist, Hopkins encourages readers to become enraptured by what nature reveals about her creator. Through this joyous acclamation, we are encouraged to remain faithful to our wondrous God and be charged with the grandeur of God in all we see.
God, you reign with glory,
draped in splendor, girt with power.
The world stands firm,
not to be shaken, for your throne,
ageless God, has stood from of old.
Your decrees stand unshaken;
the beauty of holiness
fills your house for ever, O God.
[Verses adapted from The Psalter © 1995, Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications.]