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Monday of the First Week of Lent
St. Ursula
February 18, 2013
THE STORY
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What about this story of the sheep and the
Goats?
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Is says right there that the sheep go to heaven
and the goats go to hell
SHEEP +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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How many of you, even once in your life, have
done what Jesus asks at the beginning of that passage and have helped feed a
hungry person or given used clothes to someone in need?
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That’s great. You’re all sheep!
GOATS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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How many of you even once didn’t give something
to someone begging at a stoplight or visited someone in prison?
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That’s too bad. You’re all goats!
THE INSIGHT ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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The insight is that we’re all good goats!
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Let me explain. The language about heaven and
hell is symbolic language
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Heaven and hell are not specific geographical
places. They are symbols of inner experiences, inner states of being
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All of us who have felt alienated, unloved,
overwhelmed by shame or helplessly caught in an addition know what it’s like to
be in hell
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And all of us who have been welcomed home, who
have seen our goodness reflected in the affirming eyes of another or who have
been loved into recovery know what it’s like to be in heaven
CONCLUSION
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Just as we all have wheat and weeds within us,
we are also sheep and goats at different time
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The Kingdom of God is within us, and we’re all
good goats!
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