November 22, 2020

Ezekiel 34: 11- 12, 15- 17

34:11For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will seek my sheep, and I myself will visit them.
34:12Just as a shepherd visits his flock, in the day when he will be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep. And I will deliver them from all the places to which they had been scattered in the day of gloom and darkness.
34:15I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.
34:16I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what had been broken. And I will strengthen what had been infirm. And I will preserve what was fat and strong. And I will feed them on judgment.
34:17But as for you, O my flocks, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, among rams and among he-goats.

First Corinthians 15: 20- 26, 28

15:20But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.
15:21For certainly, death came through a man. And so, the resurrection of the dead came through a man
15:22And just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be brought to life,
15:23but each one in his proper order: Christ, as the first-fruits, and next, those who are of Christ, who have believed in his advent.
15:24Afterwards is the end, when he will have handed over the kingdom to God the Father, when he will have emptied all principality, and authority, and power.
15:25For it is necessary for him to reign, until he has set all his enemies under his feet.
15:26Lastly, the enemy called death shall be destroyed. For he has subjected all things under his feet. And although he says,
15:28And when all things will have been subjected to him, then even the Son himself will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to him, so that God may be all in all.

Matthew 25: 31- 46

25:31But when the Son of man will have arrived in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he will sit upon the seat of his majesty.
25:32And all the nations shall be gathered together before him. And he shall separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
25:33And he shall station the sheep, indeed, on his right, but the goats on his left.
25:34Then the King shall say to those who will be on his right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father. Possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
25:35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
25:36naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’
25:37Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we see you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink?
25:38And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you?
25:39Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’
25:40And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’
25:41Then he shall also say, to those who will be on his left: ‘Depart from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
25:42For I was hungry, and you did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink;
25:43I was a stranger and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not cover me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’
25:44Then they will also answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?’
25:45Then he shall respond to them by saying: ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did not do it to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.’
25:46And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the just shall go into eternal life.”