I wanted to share Pope Francis’s Angelus reflection on the Gospel reading for today. Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno! The words Jesus addresses to us in this Sunday’s Gospel are demanding, and seem paradoxical: he invites us to turn the other cheek and to love even our enemies (cf. Mt 5:38-48). It is normal for us to love those who love us, and to be friends of those who are friends to us; yet Jesus provokes us by saying: if you act in this way, “what more are you doing than others?” (v. 47).
The unbalance of love
The unbalance of love
The unbalance of love
I wanted to share Pope Francis’s Angelus reflection on the Gospel reading for today. Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno! The words Jesus addresses to us in this Sunday’s Gospel are demanding, and seem paradoxical: he invites us to turn the other cheek and to love even our enemies (cf. Mt 5:38-48). It is normal for us to love those who love us, and to be friends of those who are friends to us; yet Jesus provokes us by saying: if you act in this way, “what more are you doing than others?” (v. 47).