“You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
Jesus tells His disciples that the goal of life in the kingdom of God is to Love our enemies. Do good to them those who hate us. Bless them those who curse us. Pray for those who persecute us. Jesus tells us to love everyone, even our enemies, (Matthew 5:43-48).
Jesus gets to the heart of what is new in the Law of Love. Jesus tells His followers to forget about revenge and punishment. If we are truly Christians, forgive those who hurt us. We must love everyone, whether they are friends or enemies.
The word Love used by Jesus to tell us to love unconditionally was quite different from the way we love our nearest and dearest! The word Jesus used to say that we are to love everyone unconditionally, even our enemies.
Maturity of love is what it takes to love our neighbours and to go extra miles and become peacemakers.
“The Lord is kind and merciful.” (PS 103)
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