E pour ENEMIES
There are things which are not easy to do…
There are others that we find really hard to realize…
But there are still others that we find absolutely impossible to accomplish!…
The words of Jesus cannot be misinterpreted (Matthew 5:43-45).
They reach us, every one of us, personally:
“You have heard that it was said,
‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’
But I tell you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you.”
It seems to us that this is really… impossible.
Those who persecute us – to treat them the very opposite than the way they behave towards us!
Our whole being rebels against this, we do not even want to think about it.
Who can act in this way?
But Jesus adds:
“That you may be children of your Father in heaven.
He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous”.
This is the motivation that can help us: becoming the children of our Father in heaven…
He knows as well as we do – better than we do – that, left to ourselves, we cannot be like him.
If he asks this from us, we can, in our turn, ask him to enable us to do it!
Enable us to do it by giving us his own Spirit who will make us like him: compassionate and forgiving.
Note: In a video (in French), Diane Conte helps us to continue this reflection: https://youtu.be/JJQ6-D5w548?si=HQ0aN0xgDlsNIsy3
Source: Image: The Noontimes