3/14/11
LENT IS A GOOD TIME TO EXTEND BOUNDARIES
LENT IS A GOOD TIME TO EXTEND BOUNDARIES
St. Jude "in france..lots of catholics..woman w/ nurse training..helped everybody incl the cath priest..then she died..she had no money..people gave her a great funeral..then a burial..she was not catholic..buried outside catholic cem..then in mid of night..villagers moved the property line so she was incl..in the catholic cem..lent is a good sign to extend boundaries..extend boundary of concern.let more in, more godlike we will be..include rather than exclude..be a fence extender.. p.s. if I hear noise outside my rectory..u will see a sight u would wish not to see [ what was that sppsed to mean ?]
Matt 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.”
