Nazareth

Jesus spent 30 years in Nazareth, giving us a great lesson of life: The works Jesus did in Nazareth as a carpenter with Joseph and Mary were as important as those He did at Mount Tabor or at the Mountain of the Beatitudes... For us, it means that the work we do in our job or at home is very important: Every hour of work is an hour of prayer, in union with God, if we do for God the work or labors at home.

Still more: Our daily tasks will be the reason for our Last Judgment: Jesus, the King, will tell us "come to Heaven, because you gave me bread, or water, or you dresses me, or you visit me when I was sick or in jail... and we will tell Him, Lord, when did we gave you bread or water, or dressed you, or visit you?... and the Lord Jesus will answer: "Whatsoever you did to the least of my brothers, you did it to me".

Read it in full in Matt.25:31-46:

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"When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

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Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

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and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.

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Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

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I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

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Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?

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And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?

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And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?'

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And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

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Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;

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for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,

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I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

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Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?'

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Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.'

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And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Yes, in the Last Judgment, we will not be asked if we were Christians, or Jews, or Muslims... everybody will be judged by his or her love... because love is the measure of faith.... God will not show partiality nor favorites, we will all be treated by the same measure, as St. Paul says in Romans:

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

For he will render to every man according to his works:

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

For God shows no partiality (Rom.2:5-11).

 

Read also 2Cor.5:10, Jn.5:29, Rev.20:121-15.