Jesus’ command to love those we perceive to be our enemies is actually a tool for discernment, and for our own salvation. To love our enemies means a great deal more than to simply not wish evil upon them; it means making a conscious effort to find a path to our own mercy, for their sake and our own. That path is found, Jesus tells us, through prayer: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
--Elizabeth Scalia,
How Does Loving
One’s Enemies Work, Really?
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