The message of the Gospel for the Sunday of the Last Judgment is: (the verb, the command, the only consequence which gives meaning to our life, and the criterion by which we are judged) - LOVE! An exegesis of this Gospel, taking into account the other recent Sunday readings, and the two parables which precede it in the 25th chapter of Matthew - the Ten Virgins, and the Talents. Considering all these things, we see an instruction book for how to approach great Lent.