Tuesday if 11th week in ordinary Time C. Mt. 5: 33-38

Love your enemy

Christian's love is called to be perfect just because God's nature is love (1 John 4:18). If for the Jewish, the neighbor is the fellow Jew whom they should love (Leviticus 19:18), for Jesus, the love of neighbor should be extended to the neighborhood. That's why we are "the salt of the earth"(Mt 5: 13). True love extends kindness and forgiveness to people who actively oppose and harm us or our family. This is a difficult task that can only be possible through divine grace and prayer. Love and forgiveness bring us closer to our divine nature. The love of the enemy makes us perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect. Mother Theresa believes that, such a love is possible when we begin to see even the unloved as children of God.

Jesus, I trust in you
Fr. Georges sac.