Readings for today's Homily
If we ever get to the point that we think we have this Christianity thing down, pick up Matthew's Gospel and read the fifth chapter where Jesus says we you need to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. That's a pretty hard saying!
When we look at the news from Iraq these days we see the Sunnis and Shiites are killing each other mainly because they have been enemies for a thousand years. Maybe we don't react as violently as they do, but don't we have our enemies? Maybe that relative or that friend; the one who has hurt us so deeply. Can we reach the level that we can say that we love that person and pray for them?
The bar is raised pretty high for that Commandment.
If we ever get to the point that we think we have this Christianity thing down, pick up Matthew's Gospel and read the fifth chapter where Jesus says we you need to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. That's a pretty hard saying!When we look at the news from Iraq these days we see the Sunnis and Shiites are killing each other mainly because they have been enemies for a thousand years. Maybe we don't react as violently as they do, but don't we have our enemies? Maybe that relative or that friend; the one who has hurt us so deeply. Can we reach the level that we can say that we love that person and pray for them?
The bar is raised pretty high for that Commandment.
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