Bonus Two Devotion
Bonus Day
“THE LEAST OF THESE”
By Jonathan Benedetti
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for He has appointed me to preach Good News to the poor… (Luke 4:18)
When you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me! (Matthew 25:40)
Jesus often surrounded and identified Himself with those who most people would call “the least” - tax collectors, prostitutes, lepers, fisherman, children - many without a place in society, and many without hope. As an extension of His body, we are called to do the same.
There’s a great mission statement found in the words of the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
May we be a house of hope and light to the huddled masses of our community and our world. May we embody the compassion and care of Christ to the poor, the orphan, the widow, the single mother, the immigrant, the homeless, the hungry, the handicapped, the prisoner, the afflicted, the addicted, the weary, the lonely, the broken, the downtrodden, the oppressed, and the marginalized.
And may we always know that whenever we serve them, we are serving Christ Himself.
