SERMON/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT 24TH FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT 24TH FEBRUARY 2024 Deut.26:16-19; Ps.119; Matt.5:43-48 What loving the enemy entails! Today, Jesus asked that we love our enemies. If you have never been deeply wronged especially by someone you trusted so much, you may not understand how difficult Jesus’ recommendation is. For one thing, it takes a lot for one to act contrary to nature. The natural thing to do was what Jesus first mentioned, namely: to love our friends and hate our enemies. Why will someone bring me pain and I react with love towards the person? Does loving my enemies mean that I should overlook what they did to me, keep my calm and smile at them still? Will loving my enemies not give them more moral to harm me or others in the future? If loving my enemies makes them to persist in their evil, am I not invariably responsible for their misdeeds since I never confronted them? Is silence no longer a way of sharing in the sins of others? The summary question is: what doe...