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 realize that he was not against the Law of Moses. Jesus, as a true Teacher, educates us to deeply honor God's Law: authentic love does not calculate who is (or is not) my enemy, my neighbor, my... That is what some Pharisees did; they lived their life "calculating"...
—God's heart always loves, even though he is misunderstood.