Ezekiel 34:11-12,15-17
The Lord will judge between sheep and sheep
The Lord says this: I am going to look after my flock
myself and keep all of it in view. As a shepherd keeps all his flock in view
when he stands up in the middle of his scattered sheep, so shall I keep my
sheep in view. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered
during the mist and darkness. I myself will pasture my sheep, I myself will
show them where to rest – it is the Lord who speaks. I shall look for the
lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the wounded and make the weak strong. I
shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them.
As
for you, my sheep, the Lord says this: I will judge between sheep and sheep,
between rams and he-goats.
The word of the Lord
Psalm 22(23):1-3a,5-6
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
there is nothing I shall want.
Fresh and green are the pastures
where he gives me repose.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
to revive my drooping spirit.
He guides me along the right path;
he is true to his name.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
in the sight of my foes.
My head you have anointed with oil;
my cup is overflowing.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
all the days of my life.
In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell
for ever and ever.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father; so that God may be all in all
Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of
all who have fallen asleep. Death came through one man and in the same way the
resurrection of the dead has come through one man. Just as all men die in Adam,
so all men will be brought to life in Christ; but all of them in their proper
order: Christ as the first-fruits and then, after the coming of Christ, those
who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he hands over the kingdom
to God the Father, having done away with every sovereignty, authority and
power. For he must be king until he has put all his enemies under his
feet and the last of the enemies to be destroyed is death, for everything
is to be put under his feet. And when everything is subjected to him,
then the Son himself will be subject in his turn to the One who subjected all
things to him, so that God may be all in all.
The word of the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on the coming kingdom of our father David!
Alleluia!
Matthew 25:31-46
I was naked and you clothed me; sick, and you visited me
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the Son of Man comes
in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his
throne of glory. All the nations will be assembled before him and he will
separate men one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He
will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.
‘Then
the King will say to those on his right hand, “Come, you whom my Father has
blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since 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 made me welcome; naked and you
clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me.” Then
the virtuous will say to him in reply, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and
feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and
make you welcome; naked and clothe you; sick or in prison and go to see you?”
And the King will answer, “I tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to
one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.”
‘Next
he will say to those on his left hand, “Go away from me, with your curse upon you,
to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and
you never gave me food; I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink;
I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, naked and you never clothed me,
sick and in prison and you never visited me.” Then it will be their turn to
ask, “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or
in prison, and did not come to your help?” Then he will answer, “I tell you
solemnly, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these,
you neglected to do it to me.”
‘And
they will go away to eternal punishment, and the virtuous to eternal life.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
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