1st Reading: Ez 34:11-12.15-17
Thus says the Lord God:
“I myself will look after and
tend my sheep. As a shepherd
tends his fl ock when he fi nds
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.”
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 23
R – The Lord is my shepherd;
there is nothing I shall want!
* Beside restful waters he
leads me; he refreshes my soul.
He guides me in right paths for
his name’s
sake. R.
* You spread the table before
me in the sight of my foes; you
anoint my head with oil; my
cup overfl ows. R.
* Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of
my life; and I shall dwell in the
house of the Lord for years to
come. R.
2nd Reading: 1 Cor 15:20-26.28
Brothers and sisters:
Christ has been raised from
the dead, the fi rstfruits of
those who have fallen asleep.
For since death came through
a man, the resurrection of
the dead came also through a
man. 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
fi rstfruits; 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.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the kingdom of
our father David that is to
come!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel: Mt 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 the
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
fi re 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.”
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