You Did For Me

Bishop Barron aptly wrote:  "To love Christ is to love the ones whom Christ loves." Today's gospel passage, the famous Matthew 25: 31-46, describes who those "ones" are:  the hungry, thirsty, naked, homeless, prisoners, the poor, the sick...all...When we serve them, we serve Jesus; when we don't, we ignore Jesus.  Perhaps that's motivation enough for us, especially during Lent, to turn away from ourselves and turn outward to others. Jesus has given himself to us, and for us; can we not "pay it forward"?  What a blessing it is to find out at the end of a meal in a restaurant, that some good soul has paid your bill...especially if it's a total stranger.  It humbles us, makes us grateful, and want to do the same to someone else.  Well, Jesus has paid our bill, big time...It's our turn to pay for someone else's.
Bro. Rene