Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time • Year A
Because it’s not always easy to do God’s will, rather than our own, God has given us resources to help us. He has given us each other by whom we can be inspired and encouraged. He has given us the Eucharist, his Body and Blood, to nourish and strengthen us to make our choices as spiritually mature human beings.
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time • Year C
It is not always easy, but by reflecting on Daniel’s response in not harming his enemy because the enemy was anointed and by reflecting on St. Paul’s comment that we each “bear the image of the heavenly one,” I am helped a great deal. Most importantly what helps me is reflecting on how Jesus responded to his enemies—that is, those who cursed him and those who mistreated him. “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do.”