The Sermon on the Mount: "Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful"
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Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel text
Lk 6:27-38
Lk 6:27-38
Jesus said to his disciples, «But I say to you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you and pray for those who treat you badly (...). If you love only those who love you, what kind of graciousness is yours?».
Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you... If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you?
Gospel's Commentary
Today, listening to Jesus Christ, we see that He was not opposed to the Law of Moses. Jesus—as the true Master—teaches us to fulfill God’s Law deeply: authentic love does not calculate who is or is not my enemy, my neighbor, my… This is what some Pharisees did: they lived constantly “calculating”…
—The Heart of God always loves, even when it is misunderstood.