Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- All Weather Faithful

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 03.12.22 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron

[MurphsLaw]

First Week of Lent

Matthew 5:43-48

Friends, today’s Gospel tells us to love our enemies so that we may be like the Father.
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.”

In every case, his grace comes first, and grace is all that he has to give.
This is why the comparison to the sun and the rain is so apt. The sun doesn’t ask who deserves its warmth or its light before it shines.
It just shines, and both good and bad people receive it. Neither does the rain inquire as to the moral rectitude of those upon whom it showers its life-giving goodness.
It just pours—and both just and unjust people receive it.

[MurphsLaw]

+++“You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and
hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your
heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad
and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just
and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you,
what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers and
sisters only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your
heavenly Father is perfect.”+++