18 Jun 2024
A Shared Identity
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For 18 June 2024, Tuesday of week 11 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbour 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.
18 June 2024 @ 10:48 pm
Thanks, Marianne, Once again you’ve brought the scripture home to me.
18 June 2024 @ 11:34 pm
Thanks, Marianne! Your preaching is inspiring as usual!
19 June 2024 @ 12:33 am
“God is not an idea to be proved or even believed but an awareness of an immediate experience. One who experiences God is changed to the core.” I will meditate on these words today. Thank you.
19 June 2024 @ 2:20 am
Dear Marianne,
So grateful for your reflection today and the absolute need today to pray for our enemies. It is challenging yet with God’s grace and our willingness we can do it. Who knows what miracles can happen when we do this sincerely as Jesus commands both for our enemies and for our own transformation in love of neighbor.
Blessings on your continued preaching of the Good News,
Brigid Cannon, OP
19 June 2024 @ 2:41 am
Thanks, Marianne — profoundly insightful!
19 June 2024 @ 2:57 am
Marianne, You share here some penetrating insights into one of the most challenging aspects of the Gospel — a life-time challenge ! Thank you.
19 June 2024 @ 12:53 pm
Thanks Marianne for inviting us to the practices of
contemplation and communion with human suffering.
May God give us the grace!