Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and good, and causes rain to fall on the just and unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brother and sisters only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect."
Lord Jesus, you ask us to be perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect. God allows his sun to rise on the bad and the good, and the rain to fall on the just and unjust. So we are asked to love all people, the good and the bad as well. By doing this, we are truly living our lives as...The Children of God, Amen.
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