DAILY GOSPEL Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. John 6:68 Sunday, 23 November 2014 Our Lord Jesus Christ the King - Solemnity - Year A Feast of the Church : Our Lord Jesus Christ the King - Solemnity - Year C Saint(s) of the day : St. Columban, abbot († 615), St. Clement I, Pope and martyr († 100) Saint John XXIII : «Then comes the end when Christ hands over the kingdom to his God and Father » (1Co 15,24) Book of Ezekiel 34:11-12.15-17. For thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD. The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal (but the sleek and the strong I will destroy), shepherding them rightly. As for you, my sheep, says the Lord GOD, I will judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. First Letter to the Corinthians 15:20-26.28. Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death, When everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will (also) be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 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. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint John XXIII (1881-1963), pope Prayer in honor of the eucharistic King (Daily bulletin of the Ufficio Stampa Vaticana, 24/01/1959) «Then comes the end when Christ hands over the kingdom to his God and Father » (1Co 15,24) O Jesus, King of all peoples and ages, receive the homage of adoration and praise that we, your adopted brethren, humbly offer you. You are “the divine bread that gives life to the world” (Jn 6,33), both high priest and victim. You sacrificed yourself on the cross for the redemption of humankind and today, through the hands of your ministers, you offer yourself each day upon the altar to set up in every heart your Kingdom of life, holiness, grace, justice, love and peace” (Preface of the feast). May your Kingdom come, O King of Glory ! (Ps 23[24]). From above your “throne of grace” (Heb 4,16), reign over the hearts of your children that they may preserve without stain the immaculate lily of innocence; reign over the hearts of the young that they may grow up sound and pure, obedient to those who represent you at the heart of the family, at school, in church. Reign over the family home that both parents and children may live in concord in the observance of your most holy Law. Reign over our country so that all its citizens, in their order and in mutual understanding between social classes, may feel themselves to be children of the same heavenly Father, called to work together towards the temporal wellbeing of all, happy to belong to the one mystical body of which your sacrament is both symbol and unquenchable source! Finally, O « King of kings, God of gods, Lord of lords » (Rv 19,16 ; Dt 10,17), reign over all the nations of the earth and enlighten the leaders of each that, being inspired by your example, they may encourage « thoughts of peace and not affliction » (Jr 29,11). O eucharistic Jesus, grant that all peoples may freely serve you, aware that “to serve God is to reign.”
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