Being Merciful

Jesus is always setting the bar high for his followers:  "Be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect" (Mt 5:48); "Be merciful just as your Father is merciful." (Lk 6: 36).  He admonishes directly, "Stop judging,....stop condemning, give..." (cf.  Lk 6: 37).  It boils down to this:  love without measure, and not just some...friends....good people...but ALL.   Fr. Ted Hesburgh, who speaks with the same clarity and directness as Jesus in this passage,  put it this way        “All human beings are our brothers and sisters, all are our neighbors especially when in need. It matters not whether they are black or white, red or yellow, men or women, Eastern or Western, Northern or Southern, young or old, intelligent or dull, good or bad, attractive or repulsive. I believe that since we are all created in the image of God, I cannot love God without loving and serving them as best I can.”—Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C.
May we  show mercy and love with such directness, holding nothing back.
Bro. Rene