Compassion and Mercy Still Matter

Wondering Questions

• If Christ is who he claims to be in this passage, who is Christ in your neighborhood right now?
• When have you been in need and received compassion? How does that help you understand this story?

Image: Separation of Sheep and Goats, Byzantine mosaic. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Johnston Fund, 1924  Early 20th-century replica of early 6th-century original in the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna.