Spiritual Ruminations: greatness…

Today, I sang for the funeral of a dear parishioner. This lovely woman was a warrior—she kept going in her later years, collating mailings and attending Bible Studies, singing in the Rez Choir and keeping on moving on.

This was the Gospel proclaimed at her funeral liturgy:

“Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right and goats to his left.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what’s coming to you in this kingdom. It’s been ready for you since the world’s foundation. And here’s why:

I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was homeless and you gave me a room, I was shivering and you…