THE GOSPEL
Matthew 5:38-48If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand over your cloak as well
Who
can turn
the other cheek,
give away their coat,
go two miles instead of one,
love enemies and pray for all those
who persecutes them?
Us?
Not without you, Lord.
As you did from your cross, let us wage love, not war.
Help us go way beyond being nonviolent.
Give us generosity of spirit.
We want to love
as you
do.
THE FIRST READING
Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Lord,
you told us
we should be holy
and love our neighbors
as
ourselves.
No half-measures in our loving.
No play-acting.
All our
Neighbors
as ourselves.
Give us your grace.
It's the only
thing we
will
need.
THE SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Do you not know that you are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Holy Spirit,
come dwell in us.
Make us temples of God.
Take all our prayers and weave them into your own.
Inform our every choice, every struggle.
We wait for your Holy Breath.
Open us to you.
we ask
this.
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