Sunday, February 24, 2019 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 Gospel: Luke 6:27-38
Jesus said to his disciples, “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. To the one who strikes you on the cheek, turn the other cheek; from the one who takes your coat, do not keep back your shirt. Give to the one who asks and if anyone has taken something from you, do not demand it back.
“Do to others as you would have others do to you. If you love only those who love you, what kind of graciousness is yours? Even sinners love those who love them. If you do favors to those who are good to you, what kind of graciousness is yours? Even sinners do the same. If you lend only when you expect to receive, what kind of graciousness is yours? For sinners also lend to sinners, expecting to receive something in return.
“But love your enemies and do good to them, and lend when there is nothing to expect in return. Then will your reward be great and you will be sons and daughters of the Most High. For he is kind towards the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
“Don’t be a judge of others and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven; give and it will be given to you, and you will receive in your sack good measure, pressed down, full and running over. For the measure you give will be the measure you receive back.”
D@ily GOSPEL IN THE ACTUAL LIFE
EXPERIENCE: D@iGITAL EXPERIENCE
A book authored by Philip Yancey tells the story of a policeman in South Africa who killed a Black African. It was the time of the Apartheid. The policeman did not only murder the black but also burned his body. He even went to the house of the victim and killed his son. What happened next made this story stand out. The wife extended her forgiving hand to the police and said: “I still have some love left in my heart, and since my husband is gone, I can spend this remaining love by forgiving his murderer.”
Love is supposedly boundless. There are two reasons why we shouldn’t limit love. First: God loved us first with unlimited love. The thought of a loving God made David forgive Saul. Second: Peace won’t thrive if love should be made to end where evil begins. Some people put down love and don the vengeful armor to repay evil with evil. But if we must adopt the tooth-for-a-tooth principle, and if we must espouse the eye-for-an-eye policy, the world would soon be toothless and blind (From the movie, Fiddler on the Roof). –(Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M.
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