Saturday, May 4, 2019

“The neighbor is not the one next door, or the one who borrows sugar.  The neighbor is the one in need, or maybe even an enemy.  But how can he be loved as I love myself?  Well, how do I love myself?  Do I love myself always, or at certain moments?  Do I love myself when I do something embarrassing or when I steal, or when I hurt my neighbor’s reputation?  On the other hand, do I not love myself when I visit the sick, send money to lepers in Asia, or find a job for the father of a family?  When analyzed, it becomes clear that I love myself when I do what is good, and I hate myself when I do what is wrong.  There will be certain things in my neighbor which I love, and other things which I will not love, and they are the same things that were loved and hated in me.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Love One Another)

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