And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
He spent the whole night in prayer before choosing His apostles, the men who would birth His Church and reshape the world. His example shows us how the Lord prepares through prolonged communion with His Father for the weightiest appointments.
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Commenting on Luke 6:12-49
Loving those who love you is no grace at all; sinners do that much. Even the worst of men, the publicans themselves, love those who love them back. This shows no fruit of God's grace, and deserves no reward.
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Here is the golden rule: do to others as you would have them do to you. This rule of justice and equity binds us through both nature and Christ's law. It is the sum of the Old Testament and the whole law itself.
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