Absolutely wonderful stuff from Fr. Matt Marino:
A leader’s final address always warrants a close listen. The Sheep and Goats judgment in Matthew 25:31-46 is just that: The final section of the final sermon in the five sermons Matthew organized his Gospel around.
A laundry list of subjects to avoid at dinner parties
The sheep and the goats is a difficult passage: Heaven and hell and judgment and the poor and imprisoned…a virtual laundry list of topics to avoid in polite circles. When reading this passage religious conservatives tend to take Jesus’ words concerning the afterlife literally and his words concerning the treatment of our fellows figuratively (and often with some sheepish embarrassment and a desire to explain their earthy literalness away), while progressives tend read it seeing Jesus’ words about our fellows literally, glossing over the words about the afterlife with a grain of (embarrassed) salt. The principles of literary interpretation would indicate that the passage is…
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preachtruthyoumoron 
An outstanding share! I’ve just forwarded this
onto a co-worker who had been doing a little homework on this.
And he actually ordered me lunch due to the fact that I stumbled upon it for
him… lol. So let me reword this…. Thank YOU
for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending some time
to talk about this subject here on your web site.
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