Today’s Reflection
Gospel:  Mt 25: 31-46
November 26, 2023 | Sunday

Today’s Gospel

When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be brought before him; and, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, so will he do with them, placing the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.

The king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, blessed of my Father! Take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me into your home. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to see me.’

Then the righteous will ask him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and give you food; thirsty, and give you something to drink; or a stranger, and welcome you; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and go to see you?’

The king will answer, ‘Truly I say to you: just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it to me.’

Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Go, cursed people, out of my sight, into the eternal fire, which has been prepared for the devil and his angels! For I was hungry, and you did not give me anything to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink; I was a stranger and you did not welcome me into your house; I was naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.’

They, too, will ask, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, naked or a stranger, sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ The king will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you: just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’ And these will go into eternal punishment; but the just, to eternal life.”

Today’s Reflection:

The good works that we do as children of God flow from our relationship with Christ, our King. We treat others with kindness, serving them as if we are serving the Lord. This world’s kings or queens can, indeed, perform acts of kindness, and charity, bit their hearts do not conform to that of God and they do things with the wrong purpose. Conversely, Jesus sets the example
of true Kingship. Kings and queens of this world want to glorify themselves, but our King wants us to honor Him. Worldly rulers want to build fortresses around their palaces. While Jesus our King desire for us to leave the comfort of our homes to serve Him in the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and the prisoner./ Vulnerasti, 2023