Be kind.
From today’s Scripture: “’You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your strength, and with all your mind….You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” —Mt 22:37, 39
Life should be simple. Love should be simple. After all, these are two easy commandments to memorize. Yet, life, love and following these commandments are not simple. Maybe part of the complexity is culturally, we do not agree what love is and looks like. A good way to understand this is from an elderly African American woman whom I met in Collins, Ga., at our used-clothing store, in my first year of priesthood. “We just need to be kind to one another and kind to ourselves, too.”
Let us pray: Lord may all my words, thoughts and actions demonstrate love of you, my neighbor and myself. When love is difficult for me, give me the grace and healing and hope necessary to love as you love me.
Today’s author is Glenmary Father Steven Pawelk, Novitiate Director. This reflection is also in Spanish, available by email.
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