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?’ i And the king will say to them in
reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these 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.’ l And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the
righteous to eternal life.”
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Reflection:
Imagine the
last days of your life, would it be a happy last days or a lonely last days? We
would ideally want a happy last days, this means that we did what we have to do
in this world. We followed the commandments, we feed and clothed the
hungry and so forth.
If this is
what we’re are doing right now we need not worry about where we would be after
our last days are over. But we are still living and we are still on this
temporal journey so we have to sustain the momentum by doing good most
especially to the poor and unwanted.
We have to
take sides and the side that we have to take is the side where we have to do
good. Let us not get tired of doing good because whatever good that we do now
we will harvest eventually. Let us not mind if we will not be given credit for
the good that we do what is important is we continue to do good. God knows
everything anyway.
In this day
of the Souls we are reminded of our loved ones who’ve gone ahead of us. This is
also a reminder that whether we like it or not we will also be one with them
sooner or later. What should we do so that we will not be forgotten? We have to
do good, as Jesus did good during His three years public ministry, we also have
to do good.
Why do we
have to do go? The answer is no brainer: We have to do good because this will
be our ticket going to God’s kingdom someday. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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