Daily Reflection: Saturday, March 4
Saturday of the First Week of Lent
But I say to you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father…. (Mt 5:44-45)
There is a lot of anger around. I think it happens when people feel persecuted. That is just how they feel. But the children of God are different.
When I was pastor of an historic Black Catholic Church, my parishioners showed themselves to be children of our heavenly Father. Just by being with them, I learned about their experience of being Black. They spoke truthfully and without exaggeration. I know that their experience of racism is real and I think that it is a kind of persecution. But they did not act like angry people. If anything about them was over the top, it was love and welcome for everyone. “But I say to you….”
John Frambes, ofm
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This week’s Letter from the Pastor
