Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time
First reading – Romans 12:5-16
“Treat everyone with equal kindness; never be condescending but make real friends with the poor”. This is a beautiful piece of advice St. Paul is giving to Romans. In the first part of this passage, he is speaking about the foundation of this thought. The last paragraph is a piece of advice which comes from the former paragraphs. St. Paul is speaking about the unity between the different elements in the church. Church is the body of Christ, and we all belong to each other as parts of this one body. Whenever we forget this, we run into different difficulties. In order not to forget this we must be loving one another. “Love each other as much as brothers should and have a profound respect for each other.” In mutual love and respect we can be part of this body of Christ. And in this body every negative sentiment becomes positive. “Bless those who persecute you: never curse them, bless them. Rejoice with those who rejoice and be sad with those in sorrow”. Let’s reflect: Do I recognize my primary challenge to make unity by loving everyone with equal kindness?
Tuesday 7 November
