A Poem a Sunday

Reign of Christ - A

November 26, 2017

Matthew 25:31-46 - NRSV

The Judgment of the Nations

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33 and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. 34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ 40 And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,[a] you did it to me.’ 41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Footnotes:

[a] Matthew 25:40 Gk these my brothers

A Poem a Sunday

Reign of Christ – A

Would Anybody Notice?

“…when was it we saw you?”

Would anybody notice?

The veins in the

colorful leaves

fallen and dry?

The clouds in

the sky on

the day grandma died?

The vacant swing in

the schoolyard?

The child alone

and confused,

dejected?

The fresh smell of

clean sheets

and the soft

cool hand

of the mother

stroking her child’s brow?

The feeling one

gets staring at

the snarling tree

full of stories

yet to be revealed?

Notice!

Notice!

I am sending you

a notice.

Notice the

nuances just

beneath the

surface of things

for therein

pulse the

passions

of life.

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