“AMEN, I SAY TO YOU, WHATEVER YOU DID FOR ONE OF THESE LEAST BROTHERS OF MINE, YOU DID FOR ME.” MT 25:31-46
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Today, Jesus teaches us that when we do something for the “least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Who are the least brothers? I was surprised when I read the side note that this is up for much debate among Scripture Scholars. Many believed it to be the suffering of Christian missionaries. This Scripture is pointed towards the Gentiles and Jews.
What can we take away from it? Jesus wants us to love through our actions, St. Francis says “when needed use words.” It is difficult to say that one act of love is greater than another, but when we give from our heart to the unlovable or when we do something simple for those in our homes, it is love.
Whether we do what St. Francis Xavier, patron of missions did, or St. Francis of Assisi who literally begged with the poor while taking care of them, or St. Therese of Liseux, who did little acts of love in a convent, it was the intention of their hearts to imitate Christ. We group and label people as the least among us, in God’s eyes we have equal dignity and we are all sinners who need His mercy.
Are there different levels of need around us? Yes, and through reason we know it takes a greater effort and mercy to reach those on the fringes of society who may be getting what we think they deserve. If no one is left to give them hope, they are hopeless. Jesus is the hope of the hopeless and asks us to give of ourselves in an even greater way.
As sinners, we cannot get what we deserve because Christ took our place. This is sacrificial love. When we imitate Christ, we too share this sacrificial love by taking care of those who do not deserve it. Christ is the King of the Universe, the most powerful, and what makes Him so powerful is sacrificial love. Amazing! Humble! Undeserving! Oh how I need this and yearn to give like Him.
Today’s challenge: Make yourself uncomfortable by sharing the Good News with someone or giving to those on the fringes of society. Don’t forget those in need right next to you! Love the unlovable.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YOLO
“In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words” I think this means that we don’t need to be in that higher air to pray as well. We don’t need to be praised and respected to worship God. We just need a little space and quiet to pray to God.
Jesus is there for you. He is there for everybody! So make sure you are kind to everyone, even if they are not kind to you. I once heard a father say, “We live in a world where everything is accepted, but very little is forgiven.” So work to change that! Be the one who forgives. As Jesus says, “What you do unto others, you do unto me.”
Think about it Jesus came to us as one of the least of his people and he said what ever you do to the least of my people you do unto him, And he came down from heaven as one of his people, (the lesser of his people) born in a stable to save us on a cross,
must really suck! so when god is talking about one of the least of his people he is talking about the less fortunate who don’t have what we have, because we are all loved the same, by the same, from the same!
“least brothers of mine, you did for me.” It stuck out to me because it is telling us that we must show love and mercy.
We need God so much. He is there for us no matter what. He always has our back when we need it and when we don’t.