He's telling us that everything that God has done, and everything that God will yet do, is immediately present to you and to me in Jesus Christ. The Son of God has, in his humanity, became the Son of Man, living among us in his twofold dimension of being both God and Man at one and the same time, living our human history according to God's planned salvation history, amongst all of our slowness, resistance, heaviness, and trials, up to and including our ignominious crucifixion of our King, a title he accepted only when falsely judged by Pilate, one of the princes of this world. The only Jew who recognized Christ that way was Doubting Thomas, the apostle who resembles so many of us these days, the myriads of doubters who hesitate to receive what God is offering us in Jesus Christ. The prevailing heresy of our day is not so much active doubt as it is passive indifference. Secularism and materialism have so seduced modern souls that they, almost unawares, worship a whole temple full of false gods, idols to whom they have given over their lives.
Idolatry is at the bottom of pornography, lust and sexual promiscuity.
Idolatry is at the bottom of acquisitiveness, the lust for more money and more power, for prominence, notoriety and the fanciful fame of this world. Idolatry is the driving force behind the media hype that raises up the Madonna of MTV to be worshiped along with the other manmade, media made icons at which we throw our money - and whom we wish to be like. Secular and material idols capture the modern heart and soul. Which is why we celebrate this Solemnity of Christ the King at the end of each liturgical year. For unless we have a clear vision of the meaning and purpose of our life, we will wander aimlessly in spiritual hunger and thirst through the trackless wasteland of modern culture.