Sunday 26 November 2023 – XXXIV of Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Matthew (25, 31 – 46)

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples:
«When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the peoples will be gathered before him. He will separate one from the other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Then the king will say to those on his right: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world, for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me you gave me a drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you dressed me, sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
Then the righteous will answer him: “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When have we ever seen you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and clothed you? When have we ever seen you sick or in prison and come to visit you?”. And the king will answer them: “Truly I say to you, whatever you did to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did to me.”
Then he will also say to those on the left: “Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels, because I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was thirsty and I did not you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you didn’t welcome me, naked and you didn’t clothe me, sick and in prison and you didn’t visit me.”
They too will then answer: “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we did not serve you?”. Then he will answer them: “Truly I say to you, whatever you did not do to one of the least of these, you did not do to me.”
And they will go away: these to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

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