WEEKLY REFLECTION
Today’s Jesus speaks to us of the definite judgment. And with this metaphoric image about sheep and goats, He makes us realize that it will be a judgment of love. “We shall be judged on love,” St. John of the Cross tells us.

Jesus shows us that the true meaning of his royalty – or authority – lies upon service to others. He claimed to be ‘Teacher’ and ‘Master,’ and also that He was a King, but he practiced his leadership by washing his disciples’ feet, and He reigned by giving his life on the Cross. First, Jesus Christ reigns from a humble cradle (in a lonely manger!) and, afterwards, from a very uncomfortable throne, that is, the Cross.

On the Cross there was an inscription that said, “Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews” (John 19:19): what appearances seem to deny, the profound reality of the mystery of God confirms it, inasmuch Jesus reigns from his Cross and He judges us in love. “We shall be judged on love.”