1.
This much loved text presents a
practical religion of deeds of loving-kindness, love of neighbor. It has been over
interpreted to say that neither faith in Christ nor membership in the Church is
necessary for salvation, but we should understand that it is not a denial of
faith but the essence of faith.
2.
The charity list provides six of the
seven corporal works of mercy in the catechetical tradition and the additional
one is to bury the dead.
3.
The Sheep: the ones who believe in God,
the good and the faithful servants, the ones who are persistent in doing good,
the ones who seek glory and honour of God and the ones who do good
4.
Goat: The worthless servants, who
profess faith only in their lips not in their hearts, the one who are self-seeking
and the ones who do not obey the truth.
5.
Goats are not condemned for what they
did, but for what they did not do, their sin was the sin of omission, not commission.
How important it is for us to attend to the need of the poor and the suffering.
Today after the Sunday Mass
in a substation, a mother whose two sons are staying with us in the boarding
invited us for lunch. Our 25 boys and I went to their house to have our lunch. It
was a small hut and we realized that all of us could not even enter the house
and there was no place. We decided to have our lunch in front of the house
under the shades of trees. The mother her four children two boys and two girls
started serving us food joyfully. The food was in abundance and some of the
boys struggled to finish their lunch. The thought that was running in my mind
like motif throughout this day was, they had no place in the house but had a
lot of space in the heart. They had little for themselves but gave us in abundance
for us. I knew God was pleased with their charity and surely they have reserved
huge space in His kingdom. Whatever you did to the least of your brothers you
did it to me.
Courtesy
The New Jerome
Biblical Commentary
Preacher’s Outline
and Sermon Bible
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