February 19 - Sunday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Lv.19:1-2,17-18; Ps.103:1-4,8,10,12-13; 1Cor.3:16-23; Mt.5:38-48) "Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy." In the Book of Leviticus God says, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," and this is good. But in the gospel Jesus adds, "Love your enemies" – and this is better. In the old law we are commanded, "Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against any of your people"; but in the new we hear, "Offer no resistance to anyone who is evil," and even, "Pray for those who persecute you." For now it is revealed that all are God's children, and so all must be loved as brothers. "Is this…
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