Love for God is only a vaporous sentiment, a misty emotion, unless it manifests itself in love for men. Our Lord gave us a picture of the last judgment which at first almost startles us; for, instead of making faith in Himself or love for god the test of men’s lives, He makes all turn, in that great final day, and upon the way they have treated others in this world. Those who have used their gifts to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to relieve the distress of the poor, the prisoner, the sick, are welcomed into eternal joy. Those who have shut up their hands and hearts, allowing human need and suffering to go unrelieved, are themselves shut away from blessedness.
This reading was taken from Week-Day Religion
Chapter 39 : The Service of Consecration