What Sticks is a series of posts that recall sermons from priests over my life that have stuck with me. I probably don’t remember everything from these sermons nor do I get it quite the same, but these messages have stayed with me for some time. This next sermon comes from my high school years and was given at a school mass. It was about who we might expect to see in heaven.
We are told to not judge another and we would do well to take it to heart. The little old lady we see every day at Church may not be there while the recluse whom we never see outside of their house may be. Those who are visible and look holy may not be the ones there, and those who do not look holy to us may be welcomed by the Lord.
When we judge, it is only by what we can see. And what we can see is never the whole story - for we cannot be in all places at the same time. We do not know a persons past. We do not know their future. We do not know their interior life nor their relationship with God. We do not know what will happen the hour of their death. We do not have a God’s eye view. We are not equipped to be judge and should not spend our time doing so. Instead we should spend our time working out our own salvation and being an aid to others as well and leave the judging to God.
