DAILY GOSPEL "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." John 6:68 Tuesday, 25 June 2013 Tuesday of the Twelfth week in Ordinary Time Saint(s) of the day : St. William of Vercelli (of Monte-Vergine), Abbot (+ 1142) See commentary below or click here Blessed John-Paul II: "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you" Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 7:6.12-14. Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets. Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Blessed John-Paul II, Pope from 1978 to 2005 Message for the World Day of Peace 2002, § 6-8 (trans. © copyright Libreria Editrice Vaticana) "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you" Those who kill by acts of terrorism actually despair of humanity, of life, of the future. In their view, everything is to be hated and destroyed. Terrorists hold that the truth in which they believe or the suffering that they have undergone are so absolute that their reaction in destroying even innocent lives is justified... Terrorist violence... is altogether contrary to faith in Christ the Lord, who taught his disciples to pray: “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” (Mt 6,12)...Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil. The measure of such a decision is the love of God who draws us to himself in spite of our sin. It has its perfect exemplar in the forgiveness of Christ, who on the Cross prayed: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Lk 23,24).Forgiveness therefore has a divine source and criterion. This does not mean that its significance cannot also be grasped in the light of human reasoning; and this, in the first place, on the basis of what people experience when they do wrong. They experience their human weakness, and they want others to deal leniently with them. Why not therefore do towards others what we want them to do towards us? All human beings cherish the hope of being able to start all over again, and not remain for ever shut up in their own mistakes and guilt. They all want to raise their eyes to the future and to discover new possibilities of trust and commitment.
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