*📖GOSPEL*
_When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne._
*A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St Matthew (25:31-46)*
Jesus said to his disciples, “When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all
the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will
be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a
shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at
his right hand, but the goats at the left. Then the King will say to those at his
right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of 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, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in
prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when
did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And
when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe
thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’ And the
King will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of
these my brethren, you did it to me.’ Then he will say to those at his left hand,
‘Depart from me, you cursed, 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, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and
you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they
also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger
or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?’ Then he will
answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these,
you did it not to me.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the
righteous into eternal life.”
*The Gospel of the Lord*
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