What is perfection?

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For 16 June 2009, Tuesday of 11th week, based on Matthew 5:43-48

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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About Alice McCoy, O.P.

Alice McCoy, O.P., M.Div., Caldwell Dominican, New Jersey; Congregational Preaching Promoter; Pastoral Associate for Social Ministries, Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City; Project Director, Hudson Hospice Volunteers.