Wednesday Gospel Webinar Portsmouth Diocese – Formation for Mission

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

Literal meaning Where? Matthew 25 – In Jerusalem, in the Temple When? During the last week of his life – his last teaching What? Prophecy Who? Jesus and his disciples How? Warning on the last judgement Why? Jesus prepares his disciples for what is to come

The Last Judgement Not ‘if’ but ‘when’ Confirms OT prophecies The Son of Man and his angels Universal / conscience / thirst for justice Sheep and goat Right and left Criteria of judgment: not the wrong, but the good present or absent.

Finding God Identifies with poor: hungry, thirsty, stranger, naked, sick, in prison Incarnation Shepherd and Lamb King revealed and hidden Cross: judgement of the world Communion of love

Finding the human person Given unparalleled dignity Given unparalleled finality Made for God ‘a good towards which the only proper attitude is love’ JPII Sin of omission

Finding the Church Body of Christ Fed, watered, clothed, healed, and visited by Christ. Feeds, waters, clothes, heals and visits in Christ. Recognises Christ.

Mary, Virgin and Mother, you who, moved by the Holy Spirit, welcomed the word of life in the depths of your humble faith: as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One, help us to say our own “yes” to the urgent call, as pressing as ever, to proclaim the good news of Jesus.   Mother of the living Gospel, wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones, pray for us. Amen. Alleluia.

Acknowledgments Mosaics artworks: © Fr Marko Rupnik and Centro Aletti www.centroaletti.com With gratitude to the Wednesday Word www.wednesdayword.org