Mt 25:31-46

Jesus said to his disciples:

“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?’

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.’

And these will go off to eternal punishment,

but the righteous to eternal life.”

Today's reflection from Mr. Garbutt's 6th grade class at St. John the Evangelist.

Every day, we are faced with choices. Do I talk to him? Should I sit next to her? Should I ask that person to join my game?

As humans we use our free will every day. As we are on this Lenten journey let us strive to allow God to use us to do his will. Let us see Jesus in everyone we come across, as we hope they see Jesus in us.

Lord,

Your love shelters me, nourishes me and gives me drink. Help me use your will to help others. Let my actions today be like you.

Amen.

Please click play to join us in our prayer for today. Mr. Garbutt’s 6th graders at St. John the Evangelist worked together after reading Matthew’s gospel to come up with the reflection and prayer. The illustrations are brought to you by Ms. Trollman’s 2nd grade, who did a great job of reflecting and demonstrating their understanding of the gospel. 

Taylor Zinn, Charlie Penneau, Danny Zaher, and Johnny Boike were the student readers.