Today's Gospel reading of Matthew 25:31-46 presents a stark division in a scene of final judgment, with all the nations gathered and separated into two groups with a single qualification. No pleas of correct doctrine ("I believe the correct things") or entitled positions of privilege ("Surely you must know who I am") or achievements of ethical behavior ("I've earned this by being very good") are presented to the Judge as sufficient to earn entry to the eternal kingdom and its blessings. Only a simple series of questions that ask did you feed the hungry and give refreshment to the thirsty and welcome the stranger and clothe the naked and care for the sick and visit the imprisoned. How did you give life away? 

I admit it is a challenge to see Christ in the beggars on the corner with their cardboard signs and the immigrants who don't speak English and the contagious sick and the scary criminals. But it sure looks like treating the least fortunate like one would treat Jesus is the sole criteria for inheriting the kingdom. This might be a problem...