click to see Brother Hugh be ordained as Deacon.
When the Son of Man comes in all his glory, and all the angels with him,
he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
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 brethren of mine, you did it to me."
(Brethren, here meaning "family members" includes women, something strikingly missing from these Dominican ceremonies in any role other than observer from the nosebleed peanut gallery sections, and then typically only to those consecrated, veiled and in habit. The blanket exclusion of women can make one deaf to their voices; a fair comment from this New York Times movie reviewer of LAKE OF FIRE a documentary on abortion; opening in New York theatres today, http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/movies/03fire.html )
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