Day by Day: Third Day of the Month

Day ThreeMatthew 5:44. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

This is Jesus at his most demanding, most know-ledgeable, most insightful. What Jesus says to us is not just difficult, it is brilliant.

For if we are going to live in this world, fully and thoughtfully and well, then we shall live with and for and alongside all those persons whom life has given to us. Some of these are our friends. And some of these are our enemies. We belong to both groups, and both groups belong to us.

It is not given to us to exclude any of these people, for we shall go down to the gates of death, and thereafter, together. So let us begin now. Begin by praying for them, those who are our enemies. And through time, perhaps we shall be able to accept the fact that we are given the opportunity to dwell in this world together, as one people.

O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Dear God, I give myself to thee this day, thine only, thine ever to be. Amen.

(The webmistress craves pardon for letting this feature lapse while she was on vacation. She meant to do this while she was gone, honest. We rejoin now with the meditation for today, the third day of the month)


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