Deja Vu... Love thy enemy?

It was just yesterday that a certain bible passage came to mind as a part of a conversation that I was having. I'm not one to quote scripture from the air as if there fruit hanging from a tree. But I do tend to remember the gist of the reading, enough to convey my point.

Oddly enough, as I read today's reading, there is it, in the Gospel of Matthew.

Reading of the Day...

Matthew 5:43-48

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 the good,

and causes rain to fall on the just and the 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 brothers only,

what is unusual about that?

Do not the pagans do the same?

So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Peace