"There's more in the Sunday Gospel than meets the eye." This week Jill
Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us reflections and readings for the 34th
Sunday of the Year, Feast of Christ the King. Listen: GospelMt
25:31-46
Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Son of Man
comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon
his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And
he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep
from the goats. He 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 from
the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I
was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked
and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you
visited me.' Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord,
when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and
clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?' And
the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for
one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.' Then he will say to
those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, 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 no drink, a stranger
and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill
and in prison, and you did not care for me.' Then they will answer and say, 'Lord,
when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in
prison, and not minister to your needs?' He will answer them,
'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you
did not do for me.' And these will go off to eternal punishment, but
the righteous to eternal life."