Saturday, August 29, 2009

A Passage Read Today, at Edward Kennedy's Funeral (warning: disturbing images)

Scripture from this passage was delivered, toward the beginning of the memorial service

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of 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; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting 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; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

“Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

- Matthew 25:31-46 (NKJV)

A telling coincidence: this contains the Scripture quoted by the audacity of Barack Obama, approximately one year ago, at the Saddleback Forum, where he skirted the question, "When does life begin?"

Life begins with the least of these, my brethren.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

And before he died, he tried to make nice with the Pope in a letter.
When he stands before the God of the universe..what will he say?

Anonymous said...

Ted Kennedy was defacto excommunicated from the Catholic Church when he voted "NO" to ban partial birth abortions aka infanticide.

His funeral mass was a sacrilege.

Arlen Williams said...

They could have used wine for embalming fluid and stuffed his mouth full of unleavened bread and it wouldn't have saved him.

Only belief and repentance -- obedient yielding of the heart to God's transforming power, giving up the sinfulness in one's free will to the Savior is sufficient.

Still a Patriot said...

Hi Arlen -

I pray daily for God's mercy for our country. Looking at these pictures, we certainly do not deserve it. I often wonder how He can look down on this world & love us still.

Susan