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Gospel Reading - Love your enemies

⁴³“There is a saying, ‘Love your friends and hate your enemies.’ ⁴⁴But I say: Love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! ⁴⁵In that way you will be acting as true sons of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust too. ⁴⁶If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even scoundrels do that much. ⁴⁷If you are friendly only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even the heathen do that. ⁴⁸But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

. . . . .Matthew 5:43-48

Those who are wise will shine as brightly as the heavens;
and those who have instructed many in virtue
will shine like stars for all eternity.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
     hallowed be your name,
     your kingdom come,
     your will be done,
          on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
     as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
     and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
     now and for ever.
Amen.