BE HOLY

Saturday of the First Week of Lent Year C Matthew 5:43-48 Smiling, shaking hands, hugging your friends is very easy. Everybody can do that. But today Jesus is challenging us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us! If our enemies are hungry we need to feed them, if they are thirsty we need to give them something to drink. This is the path of perfection. It is difficult but its not impossible. What should be our behaviour towards difficult people? Three things I wanted to share with you today. First, our gospel is telling us-don’t take revenge. Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. Love is the weakess of the devil. Doing good must be our sweetest revenge. Do the opposite of what your persecutors does. Second, we are encourage to pray for someone who doesn’t like us. The best revenge is prayer with a smile. It intimidates those who wish to destroy you. Love is the antidote of hatred. When someone curses you, smile. When someone hates you, smile. When someone persecute you and say ill-words against you, smile. Conquer evil by doing good. Love covers multitude of sins. It will make all things beautiful. Friends, going to church for worship but have someone in life you are not in good terms with; is a fake worship. Its hypocrisy Finally, we are challenged to be holy as our heavenly father is holy. How to be holy? Be... H-appy O-ther centered L-oving Y-es to the will of God. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord. Blessings Fr. Jhack