You have learn't how it was said ' you must love your neighbour and hate your enemy, but I say this to you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you....
For he causes his sun to rise on bad men as well as good .....
( taken from The Gospel , 7th Sunday ordinary time , Matthew 5:38-48)
Powerful words from Jesus to all of us of every generation , first received in the ears of his disciples and all who gathered to listen. Dear saint Maximilian Kolbe lived these words, he heard them and lived them, as many others and saints have down down the centuries. When Saint Maximlian felt the abuse ,the harsh treatment of his persecutors, he didn't retaliate , he prayed and in finality meekly held out his arm for the lethal injection that would close his life of witness of a loving Christ .He was the living example of Christ's love and mercy, he was love as Jesus is Love, a small drop of love immersed and indistinguishable in the infinite ocean of God's Love. Why this powerful example in our generation , our times where selfishness , materialism dominate, where a coward punch is justice for a unassuming bystander. Why because God loves us , he forgives us , he is mercy and calls us to Him through the witnesses of many saints like st Maximilian Kolbe
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