THIS SUNDAY - 2/23/2025
The first reading from Genesis this coming Sunday describes how Joseph forgave his brothers their cruel misdeeds, and the gospel urges us to love our enemies. Come to worship, and receive the Spirit’s power to live in this countercultural way.
St. Francis of Assisi is honored as a Christian who, modeling his life on Christ’s, loved his enemies. It is said that during the Crusades, when many Christians were intent on killing Muslims, Francis visited the Sultan Al-Kamil in friendship. A fifteenth-century painting of Francis and the Sultan illustrates the injunction of Luke to love your enemies.