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Free To Love, Free To Live

Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time (C): Luke 6:27-38

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect  – from My Back Pages, by Bob Dylan

 

 

Love your enemies.

Offer the other cheek as well.

Lend expecting nothing back.

We are all quite familiar with these words, and with similar teachings of Jesus found elsewhere in the Gospels. We quote these words. We honor them in various ways. We do not often live according to them, however.  More often, our mottoes seem to be more like this:

Fight fire with fire.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

I have a right to everything that belongs to me. Continue reading “Free To Love, Free To Live”

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The More Excellent Way

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C): I Corinthians 12:31-13:13

 

Picture this little scenario.

You go to Mass next Sunday. During the Mass, the priest suddenly stops and proclaims, “The best Catholics are the ones who sit in the front pews!”

You go to Mass the following Sunday, and a different priest proclaims, “The best Catholics are the ones who sit in the back pews!”

If you sit in the middle, you are already thinking, “And what are we – chopped liver?”   Continue reading “The More Excellent Way”