THE JUDGMENT OF THE
NATIONS
4TH Friday
of Lent
Read Matthew 25:31-46.
Explain the meaning of this passage in your own words. How do you feel when you read this passage?
Notes on the text:
The criteria for the last judgment will be the good works
done to those who are suffering.
In verses 37-40, we learn that when we care for those who
are suffering, we are caring for our Lord himself.
The Corporal Works of Mercy are derived from this passage. Feed the hungry. Give drink to the thirsty. Clothe the naked. Welcome the stranger. Care for the sick. Visit the imprisoned. Bury the dead.
Verse 36: in this era, it was important that prisoners be
visited and brought food by their friends and relatives because they received
no food or other comforts from their jailers.
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