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 our Gospel today is taken from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Luke</b></span>. It 
is one of more the puzzling texts in the New Testament. <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>It speaks of 
loving our enemies. </b></span>Not tolerating them, or vaguely accepting them, but <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>
loving them</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>When you hate your enemy, you confirm him as your enemy.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>
But when you love him in response to his <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">hatred,</span> you
confuse and confound him, taking away the very energy that feeds his<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> 
hatred.</span></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">There
 is a form of oriental martial arts called aikido. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>The idea of aikido is
 to absorb the <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">aggressive energy </span>of your opponent, moving with it, 
continually frustrating him until he comes to the point of realizing 
that fighting is useless.</b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><br><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></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">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. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>So when someone<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> insults</span> you, send back a 
compliment instead of <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">an insult.</span></b></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

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