Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves, for you also are in the body. Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers. Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, I will never forsake you or abandon you. Thus we may say with confidence:

The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid.
What can anyone do to me ?

Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13: 1-8).

“Let brotherly love continue.  Do not neglect hospitality for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels.” (Hebrews 13: 1 – 2)

Saint Augustine says we are made for love.  The work of our lifetime is to learn HOW to love.  The person who is nice to me – the people who think as I do – that’s easy!  But what about the individual who challenges me?  Who looks different than I do?  Whose customs are strange?  Even more, the one who is rude?

Mother Teresa challenges: “Give people not only your care, but also your heart.”

Don’t stop with ‘surface’ consideration. The second commandment that Jesus gave us spells it out.

“Love is the only force that can make things one without destroying them.” (Teilhard de Chardin)

Prayer:  Lord our God, help us to love you with all our hearts and to love all people as you love them.

Sr Catherine Therese Paulie (CSJ)
Pastoral Minister, St Bernard (Belpre KS) & St John the Apostle (St John KS)