Daily Dialogue Question: How can we best help a widow or widower we know? How do I feel about my answer?
Daily Dialogue Question: “Do not tire of giving, but do not give your leftovers. Give until it hurts, until you feel the pain.” Mother Teresa Do I give you my leftovers? How do I feel about my answer?
Daily Dialogue Question: “So long as we love one another, God will live in us and His love will be complete in us.” First letter of John How do I feel about that?
Daily Dialogue Question: How does our involvement in Marriage Encounter Community affect our relationship? How do I feel about that?
Daily Dialogue Question: When I reflect on our family picture – how do I feel?
Daily Dialogue Question: In today’s Gospel, Jesus exhorts us to “be perfect, just as my heavenly Father is perfect.” How do feel about that?
Gospel
Mt 5:38-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one as well.
If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic,
hand over your cloak as well.
Should anyone press you into service for one mile,
go for two miles.
Give to the one who asks of you,
and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.
“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 only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Daily Dialogue Question: What is something I can do today to help you get to heaven? How do I feel about my answer?