FIRST
READING:
Ezekiel 34:
11 - 12, 15 - 17
11
For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and
will visit them.
12
As the shepherd visiteth his flock in the day when he shall be in the
midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep, and
will deliver them out of all the places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
15
I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the
Lord God.
16
I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I
will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I
will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and
strong I will preserve: and I will feed them in judgment.
17
And as for you, O my flocks, thus saith the Lord God: Behold I judge
between cattle and cattle, of rams and of he goats.
PSALM:
Psalms 23:
1 - 3, 5 - 6
1
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want;
2
he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still
waters;
3
he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his
name's sake.
5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou
anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
SECOND
READING:
1 Corinthians
15: 20 - 26, 28
20
But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that
sleep:
21
For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.
22
And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
23
But every one in his own order: the firstfruits Christ, then they
that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming.
24
Afterwards the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to
God and the Father, when he shall have brought to nought all
principality, and power, and virtue.
25
For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
26
And the enemy death shall be destroyed last: For he hath put all
things under his feet. And whereas he saith,
28
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then the Son also
himself shall be subject unto him that put all things under him, that
God may be all in all.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 25:
31 - 46
31
And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
32
And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall
separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep
from the goats:
33
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his
left.
34
Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand:
Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.
35
For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave
me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:
36
Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison,
and you came to me.
37
Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee
hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38
And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and
covered thee?
39
Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee?
40
And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long
as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
41
Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart
from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the
devil and his angels.
42
For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you
gave me not to drink.
43
I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me
not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.
44
Then they also shall answer him, saying: 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?
45
Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you
did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.
46
And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into
life everlasting.
