2/17/2018222*   Saturday after Ash Wed. Isa 58:9b-14 Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Ezek 33:11 Luke 5:27-32             

Gospel MT 25:31-46  Jesus said to his disciples: 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.' Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire 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 unclothed or ill or in prison, and not attend 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 reprimand, but the virtuous to eternal life."