Love is patient and kind.
"Jesus said to his disciples:
“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.” (Matthew 5: 43 - 48).
Tuesday June 20th 2023 of 11th Week of Ordinary Time.
Jesus commands us to "be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
What does it mean that our Heavenly Father loves us perfectly?
Abba Father is always very patient with us.
He smiles on us with kindness always and everywhere.
He is not easily angered by our sins and faults.
Inspite of our sins, He invites us to trust Him and have confidence in the future.
We may recognize that the above qualities of love can describe how a mother loves her young infant with tenderness.
This is how the Sacred Heart of Jesus loves us. He cries out to mystics that His love is not returned. He is in the Tabernacle of the Altar. His Real Presence is ignored and often insulted.
June is devoted to honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
For Prayers and Meditations on the Sacred Heart of Jesus click the link below:
http://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2021/06/consecrate-yourself-to-sacred-heart-of.html?m=1
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