November 30, 2025

Gospel: Matthew, Chapter 25, verses 31-46
Homily of the Pontiff Samuel

King of Mercy and Justice,
act and conquer for the love of Your children

(Draft: Automatic Translation)

The Feast we celebrate today is a joyful one, the Feast of Christ the King (Magisterial Act, ‘Honour and glory to Thee, Christ, King of the Universe’, 24/11/2024), the Feast of the One who is King: King of Mercy and King of Justice; He who calls to Himself the righteous, those little ones (Mt 18:3-4), those last ones who have done His Will, serving Him and loving Him, by virtue of that Love received, freely, and that Love freely given (Mt 10:8b).

Behold the Blessing that descends copiously and abundantly today upon all the ‘righteous’ who love the King and who, loving the King, love their brother, love their sister (1 Jn 4:20) and live the Feast: a living, continuous and pulsating Feast. This is the day so long awaited by the children of God, who today will pour out His Grace and Mercy abundantly on those many ‘righteous’ ones, hidden from the world, who will hear themselves called by the King and will hear Him say: ‘Come, child, receive your reward, because when I was hungry you gave Me food, when I was thirsty you gave Me drink’ (Mt 25:35) and so on in every circumstance.

This is the reward that the ‘righteous’ will now receive in abundance, just as Merciful Justice will be bestowed in abundance on those who, called to be righteous, instead of giving love to God and neighbour (Mt 22:37-39), have betrayed God and been indifferent to their neighbour, doing what is evil in the eyes of God and what is evil in the eyes of their neighbour.

Behold the King who comes to dispense what each one, having sown, must now reap. This is the Feast we celebrate today on this lively and solemn day.

The King asks three questions of those who stand before Him on the Day of Judgment: when He was ‘hungry and thirsty’; when He was found ‘a stranger and naked’; and when He was ‘sick and imprisoned’. Three questions that identify three situations.

When “I was hungry and thirsty”. Here is the hunger for God and the thirst for God, which is fed by those little ones who want to feed themselves and feed all the brothers and sisters of Christ, the living Bread that came down from Heaven; who want to quench their thirst with the Water that flows from the Breast of the One who is Life (Jn 4:14): here is the King who feeds and quenches the thirst of those who are hungry and thirsty. And the King dwells in this House, where He has placed His Throne (Rev 7:17) . And today, many are searching for the true Bread (Act of Magisterium, ‘The true communion with the living Bread descended from Heaven’, 02/06/2024), uncontaminated, and the good Water, unpoisoned, from the Well where there is Water that quenches thirst for eternity, as Jesus said to the Samaritan woman: ‘neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem’ (Jn 4:21) – he said then – because everything would have to be accomplished on another Mountain, in a New Jerusalem (Rev 21:2). Behold the mountain, behold the New Jerusalem (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, ‘The Holy City’, 23/06/1996), where Christ awaits His children to feed them and quench their thirst (Rev 7:16). Blessed are all those who become spokespeople, who go out into the streets of this world (Lk 14:23) to help the many who are hungry and cannot find bread, the many who are thirsty and cannot find a place to quench their thirst, because in other houses the wells have been poisoned and dried up; and the bread is no longer uncontaminated, but a sweetened bread that does not satisfy. This is the first need, these are the first refugees who must be helped, those of the Spirit, who wander the streets of this world in search of bread and water. This is the first need for which God the Father Almighty, in the Son, blesses His little ones (Matthew 11:25).

Here are others: to be “strangers and naked”. Strangers are those who have left their land, who have no home, who have been left homeless because their former home is no longer there. Blessed are all those who will show the Way to the House of God (Ps 83:6). Behold the New Jerusalem, the Dwelling Place of God among men (Revelation of Jesus to Mary G. Norcia, ‘The Dwelling Place established by Jesus’, 09/03/1997), as it is written and prophesied (Rev 21:3), the fulfilment of every prophecy and every Scripture (Gen 17:8; Jer 31:33; Ezek 37:27), where there will be no shame, no nakedness (Rev 3:18). The stepmother leaves her children naked; Mary, Mother Church, covers them so that no one will be found naked and ashamed.

And then there is the third: ‘sick and imprisoned’ (Mt 25:36). So many experience illness, just as the Mystical Body of Christ is ill with so many metastases that have led to so many courtyards being amputated. One is the Courtyard that will revive the Mystical Body of Christ, where the purity of the Faith will be preserved (Act of Magisterium, “One is the Message, One is the Mandate, One is the Mission on Which the militant and triumphant Church of Christ rests‘, 27/02/2025); and many who are imprisoned, because they are unable to leave other courtyards and other houses, will be visited by many little ones who will say to them: ’ Come out of this prison,” like many angels who will go and open the prison doors for them, just as the Angel did for Saint Peter (Acts 12:7-11), who opened the doors and freed him from those chains, from those prisons, where so many are locked up, chained to a tradition that does not set them free (Mk 7:8), which binds them with the moral obligation to remain there, in dark and deserted houses: prisons.

Behold, everything is accomplished. And behold, the understanding that must animate us to comprehend ‘the’ mission that the Father entrusts to those righteous ones, to those little ones, so that we may go and free so many who are ‘hungry’; “thirsty”; ‘strangers, refugees’; ‘naked’ (many are ashamed to hear Jesus being mocked [Isaiah 54:4]) ; “sick”; and “imprisoned”.

This is the first spiritual requirement that animates this page of the Gospel. God is Spirit, and the time has come, and it is this, in which those who want to live God must live and worship Him in Spirit and Life (Jn 4:24; 6:63). We must bring everything back to what is Spirit (Rom 8:5-6), not remain on the surface, even when reading and understanding the Word of the Gospel. We cannot remain at a superficial and material reading, but we must descend into the depths of the Spirit (1 Cor 2:10), in order to bring the Spirit back up (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, ‘The Holy Spirit’, 13/09/1984) in this world, a world that has lost the Spirit, no longer lives by the Spirit, but lives only by matter. This is why there is no longer any understanding of the Word of God.

Then, when we stand before the King, many words will be fulfilled and many who were considered last will be found first: many little ones. This is the Remnant, the Remnant of God’s Israel that remained faithful (Rom 11:5), which will be called and blessed by the King. Here is the surprise and humility of these little ones who say, ‘When, when did I feed you? When did I give you drink? (Mt 25:37-39) Here is the answer, dear brothers and sisters. And knowing it in time, go out into the streets of this world, so that you may understand well what the King desires, and, understanding it first, it will be easier then to have fulfilled every task, having your conscience and heart right before God, for having done all that God, through His Spirit, asks of us.

Others, who consider themselves first in this society, who consider themselves first in the things of God, will be found last, as Jesus says in the Gospel (Mt 19:30). There are many who consider themselves “servants” (Lk 12:45-46), who consider themselves perfect, who will hear themselves called “cursed”, as Jesus says in today’s Gospel (Mt 25:41). Here are the “wicked”, “lazy”, “idle” servants (Mt 25:26; Homily of Pope Samuel, ‘Talents and the City divided into three parts: the good faithful; the hesitant idlers; the wicked ,‘ 23/11/2025); here are the ’foolish virgins‘ (Homily of Pontiff Samuel, ’The parable of the 10 Virgins: be wise and not foolish, be holy Virgins” 16/11/2025), whom we have meditated on these Sundays, who will see the door closed and hear the words: ‘I do not know you; depart from me’ (Mt 25:12); all those who presume to be in communion with Jesus and who have not understood what Jesus wants; and those who have understood, even if they have understood, do nothing out of sloth, because they want to remain in their comfort zone, because they do not want to put themselves on the line (because it takes courage, brothers and sisters, to put yourself on the line and go against the tide of a world of right-thinking people [Rom 12:2] who have lost the Spirit).

This is why Jesus says in the Gospel: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father” (Mt 7:21), and again: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to” (Mt 23:13). How can we not think of these phrases when understanding who those are – goats and billy-goats – who are pointed out by Jesus as the ‘cursed’?

Those on the left are on the side of the heart and, therefore, are called to love more than others; they should be the first to love, to understand the Essence of Love (Jn 13:34). But if one loses Love for God, for the true God, and if one loses Love for one’s neighbour, for the least, for the sheep, out of self-love and to protect one’s privileges, to live in one’s palaces, comfortably… but everything will be brought to light (Lk 12:2).

Behold, then, those on the right experience the Power of God (Act of Magisterium, ‘The Father’s arm Arm’, 23/10/2022), just as Mary sings in the Magnificat: ‘He has shown the power of his arm, he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; he has brought down the powerful from their thrones, he has lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, he has sent the rich away empty-handed’ (Lk 1:51-53). Behold, many who feel rich in this world, omnipotent, will experience the Power of God, of the King. Behold, the sounding of the Trumpets will be heard (Act of Magisterium, “The Trumpet has blared: this is the call for every authentic Christian”, 17/08/2025) and the day of God’s Wrath, Dies irae, will come, as sung elsewhere on the first Sunday of Advent, when the Gospel of St Luke announces the end (Lk 21:6ff.): it is sung, but it will be experienced, because the Father intervenes to give Justice to His children, as it is written in the Act of Magisterium, ‘Christ, King of Love and Justice’, which this Church has proclaimed: “The Sign of God that so many await will descend: the Justice of the Father upon Babylon. Many eminent and excellent people in prominent positions will fall and make a great deal of noise: they will fall by divine will because they are stained with grave sin. Babylon will be prey to new and greater confusion and will descend into an endless vortex‘ (Act of Magisterium, ’Christ King of Love and Justice“, 26/11/2023) . Behold, the wickedness of Babylon (Rev 17:5) is reflected and will be reflected in the confusion that reigns in this world. That is why this world is prey to confusion. The wickedness of Babylon has caused confusion to increase, and now it has increased. Here are the wars, here are the serious conflicts, because no one wants to give up. “Many will want to demonstrate their human power and the conflict will spread. […] Humanity is living in a time of great confusion. The enemy of God is gripping it and many hearts are prisoners of his spirit and his diabolical action. The evil spirit on one side blows where the fire is alive: and here is violence and war, hatred and abuse,” which starts right from the land where Jesus was born: the most serious conflict that will cause other conflicts to flare up as they already have, leading to a conflict that will never end. Behold the evil spirit ‘who hunts down – in his ever more infernal grip – peoples and nations; on the other hand, he blows to extinguish the Holy Fire of true faith, distancing many hearts – in search of the Truth – from the House where God has placed his Dwelling, his Throne’ (Act of Magisterium, ‘Christ King of Love and Justice’, 26/11/2023).

Behold this Dwelling, behold this House, announced and proclaimed in time by the Maiden of God, so that many might, in time, know Him and be preserved from apostasy and heresy. Behold, in the New Jerusalem, the King has returned to gather his children into the one sheepfold (Jn 10:16). Behold the children blessed by the Father who, in the presence of the King, will hear him say: “Come, blessed by your Father, for you have found favour in my Heart, because you gave me food when I was hungry; you gave Me drink with your love when the love of so many failed; and you were with Me and for Me until the end, persevering and overcoming,‘ with all your being (Act of Magisterium, ’Christ King of Love and Justice,” 26/11/2023).

These words return and are now fulfilled: love the King and love your neighbour, dear brothers and sisters. We have repeated this many times and today we repeat it again: we must make ourselves fertile ground, even more fertile, following the example of Mary, following the example of Maria Giuseppina, so that the grain that has fallen to the ground (Jn 12:24) may find fertile ground and hopefully bear a hundredfold, a hundredfold, a hundredfold (Mt 13:23)! This, then, is the sacrifice that bears fruit and is not scattered by weeds and thistles. This is the fertile ground to which we are called: our hearts, fertile for Love, so that many may bear fruit in abundance (Jn 15:8). This is wanting to do God’s Will every day (Lk 9:23): this is what matters; this is what the Saints did. This is what we are called to do today in order to be saints, to live as saints, because this is the only thing that matters: everything else will be left out (Phil 3:7-8). All that will matter before the King is holiness and the good works that each person will bring with them. Here is the example of the Maiden of God (Revelation of Jesus to Mary G. Norcia, ‘She who is the synthesis of the prophets and the ancient patriarchs’, 26/07/1996), who made her life a Gospel of Life, a Gospel of Love, a Gospel of Charity made available to all. This is ‘The Power of the House of God, the power of the Action of His Spirit [which] has found fertile ground in the children faithful to the Father. In this time, the Spirit advances to conquer, manifesting the Action and Will of the Father, to gather and make all recognise the one Shepherd, Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords’ (Act of Magisterium, ‘Christ King of Love and Justice’, 26/11/2023).

This is the time, dear brothers and sisters, when these words, written in this Act of Magisterium, are now being fulfilled, because the King wants to gather all His sheep into this one Sheepfold, the only Sheepfold. ” God has made a small corner of the Earth the Centre of His infinite Mercy, the goal and destination for all men of good will, for all those who have kept the true faith, for all those who have defended and will defend the true faith in Christ the Lord, King of grace and Mercy‘ (Act of Magisterium, ’Christ King of Love and Justice” , 26/11/2023).

We must return to the time of the early Church, the nascent Church, where Love reigned in all and they were of one accord in breaking bread (Acts 2:42-47). There was no envy, jealousy, rivalry, or separation, the separations that have torn apart the Mystical Body of Christ. These are the divisions among Christians that have occurred throughout history, certainly not by God’s will, but by the will and interest of men who, over time, have divided themselves, using seemingly spiritual pretexts, setting the Apostles against one another, instead of recognising the primacy of Peter as Jesus had established (Matthew 16:18-19; Jn 21:15-17). It was not Peter who chose himself, but Jesus who chose him! And never did Andrew or Paul or others question Peter’s primacy. Andrew was the first to receive the Announcement (Jn 1:39-40) and was the first to bring it to his brother (Jn 1:41), recognising first the primacy that Jesus had granted to his brother: this I say to our Orthodox brothers. Just as Paul, even while disputing with Peter (Gal 2:11-14), always recognised his primacy, helped him, but never wanted to undermine him: this is for the Protestants. If we truly want to unite Christians, we must return to the essence of the Gospel and to the primacy of Peter, in order to be one in Christ the Lord (Eph 4:3-6). Here in this sheepfold, those who want to stay will stay and will be present in order to reunite Christians, according to the will of God, who has returned here to gather His sheep.

True ‘universal brotherhood’ can only be achieved in Christ (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, ‘The Eternal Privileged Altar for the Hypostatic Union’, 30/06/1985) There can never be human “universal brotherhood” (Mt 12:48-49), as others, now travelling the world, are doing in continuity with him and those who preceded him. True ‘brotherhood’ is only in Christ the Lord (Act of Magisterium, ‘The Communion in the one faith: Christ’, 11/05/2025). Only those who recognise Christ as the Son of God can be called “brothers”: “sons” are those who believe in Jesus (Jn 1:12) and are baptised (Mk 16:16); the others remain “creatures”.

There is only one Son of God, Jesus. Jesus cannot be placed on a par with men. The Jews have Moses as their point of reference: a man. They should have recognised the Messiah, but they did not recognise Him (Jn 1:11). Muslims have Muhammad: a man; then there is Buddha: a man. There is only one Son of God, One, and His name is Jesus (Acts 4:12): this is universal brotherhood!

One cannot sell Christ short, His Divinity. Arius did this, and he is now remembered as a heretic, but now it is even worse because Christ’s Divinity is being sold short, placing Him on the same level as men. This cries out before the Father, and this grave sin will cause the Father to intervene (Act of Magisterium, ‘Father, the hour has come’, 01/12/2024). Behold the King of Mercy and Merciful Justice.

We remember the Council of Nicaea: seventeen hundred years ago. And what is being said? What is being proclaimed? Do we still believe in the return of Christ? Do these words still make sense: “And he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end” (Symbolum Nicaenum, Council of Nicaea I, 325 AD)? Or are these words that are spoken but no longer believed? Who are the living? Who are the dead? (Act of Magisterium, “The Generation of Saints”, 23/03/2025). The living: those who have remained alive and will be found alive in the true Faith, in Him who is Life, in the King of Life (Jn 14:6). Dead: those who have denied Him, those who are attracted and interested in all that is worldly, who no longer live God, the Spirit of God, because they are prey to a diabolical spirit that makes them live only and exclusively for material things, that teaches them to seize the moment because, after life, many think there will be nothing. These are the ones who will be placed on the left and sent away with Satan and his angels, where there is unquenchable fire (Mt 13:42). These are the cold and the lukewarm, vomited from the mouth of God. The warm will remain, that Little Remnant of the Israel of God (Isaiah 4:3) who offer themselves courageously, for the love of God and of those little ones, because God cares for His little ones.

Those who want to remain anchored to tradition (Mk 7:9), waiting for Godot, remaining comfortable in their palaces, will receive their reward today, because God is the King of Mercy and must render justice to His children, to the righteous.

Behold, blessed are those who want to board the Ark: Mary, Ark of the New Covenant, in order to live Mary, universal Co-Redemptrix (Act of Magisterium, ‘As the Name of Jesus the Redeemer saves, so the Name of Mary the Coredemptrix saves’, 12/09/2021).

In recent days, we have celebrated the Feast of Mary’s apparition to Catherine Labouré (1830), who gave us that miraculous Medal that so many wear with holy pride. You do well, dear brothers and sisters, because Mary speaks to us on that Medal. On that Medal, Mary is imprinted with those Rays of Mercy that flow from Her hands. ‘Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you’ is written on that side. How can we not think of what happened a hundred years later, when those same rays flowed from the Heart of the merciful Jesus, revealed to another saint, Sister Faustina? Here is the Grace and Mercy that flows from Mary’s hands. And here is the Grace and Mercy that flows from the Side, from the Heart of Christ, in a total Union of these two Hearts, not coincidentally depicted on the other side of the Medal: the Heart of Jesus, crowned with thorns (Jn 19:2); the Heart of Mary, pierced by a sword (Lk 2:35). Those two Hearts – the Heart of the King and Queen, of the Redeemer and Co-Redemptrix – which bestow Grace and Mercy upon Their children. And here are the Twelve Stars that crown that “M”, which represents Mary (Rev 12:1), in which the “V” of Victory is engraved. And from that “V” of Victory springs the Tree of Life, the Cross, the Holy Cross, the Tree of Life (Rev 2:7) that will lead everyone to live in the Kingdom, because God is the King of Mercy for His children and will feed them and give them drink (Ps 22:1-2).

Come, you who want to be blessed by the Father; you who want to be fed and given drink, because here the King of Life awaits you to give you His Bread and His Water and make you live in this Land of Love for eternity, in Christ and in Mary. And so be it.