Past Due

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come you who are blessed by my father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you? He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ Matthew 25:34-46

now it begins,

the time arrives at last,

no more excuses, no more

pretending, no more room

for denial;

you watched, as my children

lay dying, broken and bleeding,

naked and alone, crying out

for justice and mercy,

you smiled as I suffered,

you laughed while I was beaten,

you turned your backs, as I

slowly starved, your pursuit

of pleasure and perpetual comfort,

made you soft and weak,

your greed has crushed you,

your delusions of grandeur

and self-importance, have

blinded you, your lack of

understanding and compassion,

has sealed your fate, your denial

of truth, has damned you,

your destruction is assured,

your chosen leaders have abandoned

you to the grave;

now it begins, your time has

come O Babylon;

payment is past due.

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