[Grem] Gospel meditation (Bp. Barron)

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, our Gospel today is taken from *Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain *in Luke.
It is one of the more puzzling texts in the New Testament. It speaks of *loving
our enemies.* Not tolerating them or vaguely accepting them, but *loving
them. When you hate your enemy, you confirm him as your enemy. But when you
love him in response to his hatred, you confuse and confound him, taking
away the very energy that feeds his hatred.*

There is a form of oriental martial arts called aikido*. The idea of aikido
is to absorb the aggressive energy of your opponent, moving with it,
continually frustrating him until he comes to the point of realizing that
fighting is useless.*

Some have pointed out that *there is a great deal of this in Jesus’
strategy of nonviolence and love of the enemy*. *You creatively absorb the
aggression of your opponent, really using it against him, to show him the
futility of violence*.
*So when someone insults you, send back a compliment instead of an insult.
When someone conspires against you, work to help him. *


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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