Matthew 25:31-46
New International Version (NIV)
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. ”
Note: Jesus in advance has foretold what kind of judgement we will be facing on the last day.
Doing the deeds of mercy, is not easy, you will face all criticism, insults and more pains. But the measurement of pain is the measurement of your mercy which the Lord will use on us to judge us with mercy. Jesus said: " Blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy."
I am once asked: Brother what about those who serve as your benefactors in all this works? I answered them, I am just their instrument, it is them who have merited much than I am for I am just a carrier of their mercy to others. As Blessed Teresa said: "Holiness is not the luxury of the few, it is everyone's duty. The More Holier we become the more we love Jesus, the more we love Jesus the more we become channels of His love to the poorest of the poor."
The Above Gospel is the institution of the Sacrament of the Poor. Jesus made himself present not only in the appearance of bread and wine, but also in the suffering Poorest of the poor.
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