19 Feb 2024
I Feel Goat-eeeeeee!
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For 19 February 2024, Monday in the First Week of Lent, based on Matthew 25:31-46
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Jesus said to his disciples, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.” Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?” And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Then he will say to those at his left hand, “You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.” Then they also will answer, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?” Then he will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Peggy
20 February 2024 @ 1:02 am
Thank you Deborah.
Anonymous
20 February 2024 @ 2:54 am
Wonderful reflection to start my day!
Pat
20 February 2024 @ 3:29 am
Thank you for for giving us a refreshing look at this gospel
Brigid Cannon, OP
20 February 2024 @ 5:53 am
So grateful, Deborah, for your homily on the scripture and have us all humbly acknowledge we are goat-eee, more often than we admit. Yet, God loves us just as we are and gives us many more opportunities to live more like the Good Shepherd who cares for his sheep when the need arises and we, too, can do some small action to make another’s life mor joyful and full of new life.
God bless your continued preaching of the good news,
Brigid