Readings
I - Lev. 19: 1-2, 11-18
II - Mt. 25: 31-46
GOD IS LOVE
Today’s Gospel passage is about the last judgment. There are so many divisions among the humankind today based on caste, creed, race, power and status but at the end of time during the last judgment when the Lord comes in all His glory, there will only be only two divisions based on the performance of the charitable deeds: the blessed and the accursed. The Blessed will inherit the eternal life and the accursed, the eternal damnation. Simple acts of charity like, feeding the poor, giving a drink, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick and the prisoners, all done in love has a great power to make us blessed in order to merit eternal bliss.
“Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle” says Michelangelo. We need not perform great acts and penance as an expression of our love and devotion to the Lord. It is enough that we attend to our needy brethren with all love and concern and this is true devotion, the type of worship the Lord desires. Let us not miss any act of charity for it all needs much of our attention and a bit of love. May our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, help us to see your image in others.”
