And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
Hear what Christ says to all who will listen: we must render to every person their due, be just in all dealings, and put ourselves in others' stead. Give freely to those who need what you have to spare, and forgive generously those who have wronged you rather than fight for your rights.
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Commenting on Luke 6:27-36
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive,.... The same again, as from their brethren the Jews; or usury, as from the Gentiles: what thank have ye? and yet they looked upon this, in the first instance of it, as a very great kindness, and act of goodness, as appears from the above citation: for sinners also lend to sinners, to...
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