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once again our Gospel today is taken from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
</b></span>It is one of the most puzzling texts in the New Testament.<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> <b>It speaks of
loving our enemies. Not tolerating them, or
vaguely accepting them, but </b></span></span><b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">loving </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">them.</span>
<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">When you hate your enemy, you confirm him as your enemy. </span></span></b></b></span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">But when you
love him in response</span></span></span></span></b></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> to </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">his hatred</span>,</span></b></b></span></b><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> you confuse and confound him, taking
away</span></span></span></span></span></b><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> the very energy that feeds his hatred.</span></b></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">There
is a form of
oriental <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>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.</b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Some
have pointed out that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>there is a great deal of this in Jesus’ strategy
of nonviolence and love of the enemy.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>You creatively absorb <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the
aggression of</span> your opponent,</b></span> channeling it back against him, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>to show him
the futility of <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">violence</span>.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>So when someone insults you</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>send back a
compliment instead of</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>an insult. </b></span>When someone conspires against you,
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>work to help
him.</b></span></span></b></span></b></div></b></b></b></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>
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