November 02, 2014
ALL SOULS
First Reading: Wis 3;1-9
Second Reading: Rom 6:3-4, 8-9
Gospel Reading: Matthew 25:31-46
Jesus said to his disciples, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, he will sit on the throne of his Glory. All the nations will be brought before him, and as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, so will he do with them, placing the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“The King will say to those on his right: ’Come, blessed of my Father! Take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you wel–comed me into your house. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to see me.’
“Then the good people will ask him: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food; thirsty and give you drink, or a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to see you?’ The King will answer,
‘Truly, I say to you: when-ever you did this to these little ones who are my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left: ’Go, cursed peo-ple, out of my sight into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink; I was a stranger and you did not welcome me into your house; I was naked and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
“They, too, will ask: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, naked or a stranger, sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ The King will answer them: ‘Truly, I say to you: whatever you did not do for one of these little ones, you did not do for me.’
“And these will go into eternal punishment, but the just to eternal life.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
Sappho, one of the great Ancient Greek poets, explained how evil death is in this manner: “Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.” Our God can take exception to Sappho’s argument because he died and conquered death in the process. His resurrection has even expanded death to include spiritual acts of self-denial and personal sacrifices in atonement for sins. Death is now a user-friendly tool of salvation for those who believe. Those without faith, however, will continue to look at death as an evil which one should avoid because their god has so judged death to be so.—Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website: www.frdan.org.
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