[Jesus said:] “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the 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, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, 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, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, 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.”
I can swear there ain't no heaven, but I pray there ain't no hell...(BS&T)
My grandfather was a big sheep man and he put goats in with the sheep to protect them against coyotes and dogs.
I’ve always thought it’s interesting that the sheep are on his right and the goats on the left...hmmmmmm.
Wonderful sermon, Pastor. Thank you.
Lutheran bump
Good homily. This is the same as our third reading, and our priest’s homily was more tying it into the Four Last Things - his was also good, but different. Do youall have the same three readings as we Catholics do every Sunday? Our first one was from one of the OT prophets, I think Ezekiel (too lazy to go dig out the bulletin), about fixing all the broken sheep but destroying the sleek and strong ones. I meant to ask the priest about it after Mass, but I didn’t see him. It sure didn’t sound like there was much percentage in trying to be a good sheep and staying with the flock.