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(Ez.34:11-12,15-17;\xa0\xa0 Ps.23:1-6;\xa0\xa0 1Cor.15:20-26,28;\xa0\xa0 Mt.25:31-46)\xa0 \u201cWhatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.\u201d Jesus is King.\xa0 It is He to whom the Father has \u201csubjected everything\u201d and who \u201cmust reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet,\u201d until He has \u201cdestroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power\u201d; and it is He who then \u201chands over the kingdom to His God and Father\u2026 that God may be all in all.\u201d\xa0 Yes, \u201cwhen the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit upon His glorious throne, and all the nations will assemble before Him.\u201d\xa0 And He who is the Good Shepherd will separate the sheep beneath His rule \u201cone from another\u201d: it is He who will say to the righteous, \u201cCome, you who are blessed by my Father.\xa0 Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world\u201d; and to the unrighteous, \u201cDepart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.\u201d\xa0 He will judge all souls, for all souls are in His hands.\xa0 Yes, He is King. And yet this King is with His subjects; this Shepherd is hidden in His sheep \u2013 He is the Shepherd who \u201cfinds Himself among His scattered sheep.\u201d\xa0 Indeed, in His power He promises to \u201cpasture [His] sheep\u201d: \u201cThe lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal\u201d\u2026 but more than this, more than this is our King to us.\xa0 For He is a King who not only serves the poor and broken, but who is the poor and broken Himself.\xa0 Though all power and glory and honor are with Him who is exalted as Head over all, He travels with the least of His children; He makes Himself one with the least of all creatures.\xa0 Does He not say, \u201cI was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me\u201d?\xa0 Oh how He unites Himself with our humanity!\xa0 His love is beyond our comprehension. And, brothers and sisters, it should be obvious what we are now called to do; if we wish to be \u201cbrought to life\u2026 each one in proper order,\u201d following \u201cChrist the firstfruits,\u201d we must walk in His way.\xa0 If we wish to sing with David His humble king, \u201cYou anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows\u201d \u2013 if indeed we desire to share in His eternal kingship, we must\xa0on the dust of this earth serve Him in the least among us\u2026 we ourselves must be the least, as He is.\xa0 Alleluia to our exalted King! Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Coat of Warmth" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, walk among us and shepherd us well in the reign of your Son, that we might love as you love.\xa0 YHWH, how shall we come to dwell in your House forever?\xa0 How shall we be the sheep at your right hand?\xa0 Only by becoming as your only Son.\xa0 Only by making ourselves present among the least.\xa0 For you have a compassionate heart which reaches out to all in need.\xa0 You have hands that bind up the wounds of your little ones, that care for the hungry and the sick.\xa0 You prepare for all righteous souls a place in your kingdom, and your Son shows us how to be like you, that we might enter your presence. O Jesus, O Lord, who reign above all as our Head, as our God, as the Savior of all righteous souls\u2026 how shall we love as you have loved; how shall we see you in the needs of our fellow man?\xa0 Blind we are and crawling in the dust \u2013 how shall we be exalted with you at the Father\u2019s right hand? It is by your walking amongst us, O Lord and King, that we are saved from all selfishness and find the compassion and humility we need to enter into the Father\u2019s heart. \xa0Give us the rest we desire, set us free from sin and death\u2026 raise us up to dwell with you as we make our lives like your own.