Matthew, 25: 31-46
31"When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. 34Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' 40And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.' 41Then he will say to those at his left hand, `Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44Then they also will answer, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?' 45Then he will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' 46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
What touched my Soul
In this reading from Matthew Jesus give us clearly instructions on what we need to do to bepart of His flock On the final judgement. But is it only that? To me it’s more complex than that.
All chapter 25 of Matthew gospel flows to this final judgement.
Chapter 25 start with the parable of the ten virgins, then the parable of the talents landing finaly on the final judgement.
In my simplistic head it’s like Jesus is giving us a path to follow to prepare to the judgement. The virgins parable tell us that we need be prepared as we dont know when the Lord will come. Then He tell us that we all have skills and talents and we need to put at the service of God and make them grow in abundance.
Finaly if all this guidance was not enough Jesus tell us that we will be judged by what and how we relate with our brothers and sisters, how much good we have done to them while going through our journey in this world.
Today let’s beg our Lord the humbleness to repent and confess our sins regularly to be prepared when he comes, the wisdom to understand our talents and serve the others the humblenes to serve our brothers and sisters instead of harden our hearts and live empty lifes of greed and solitude.
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