[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, I’ll 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 these least
brothers of mine, you did for me.’ ] (Mt 25:35-40)
A reporter repulsed by
Mother Teresa tending to the maggot infested wound of a helpless sick man in
the gutter, he commented, “I couldn’t do what you do for $1 million.” Mother
Teresa responded, “I couldn’t either, but for Jesus I can.”
Mother Teresa saw
Jesus in others especially in the suffering people left to die in the streets
of Calcutta. She rightly believed that in loving the people around her, she was
loving Jesus.
Do we? Do we see Jesus
in those we interact with—family, friends, coworkers, strangers, etc.?
Jesus challenges us
today to change our mindset. As we perform acts of charity this Lent may we
recognize Jesus in those we serve and interact with daily. Jesus exhorts us to
see Him in the people we work with, in the children we teach, in the people at
the grocery store, etc. After all what we we do for the least of Jesus's
brothers and sisters, we do for Him.
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