Matthew [5:20-26] The Law and the Prophets, Concerning Anger Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,20-26. Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses …More
Matthew [5:20-26] The Law and the Prophets, Concerning Anger
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,20-26.
Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.'
But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Raqa,' will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, 'You fool,' will be liable to fiery Gehenna.
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you,
leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.
Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny."
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Saint Augustine (354-430)
Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the Church
Sermon 357
"If you recall that your brother has anything against you"
“God makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust” (Mt 5,45). He shows his patience; he does not exercise as yet his almighty power. So you, too,... withhold yourself from provocation and don't increase the uneasiness of those who sow trouble. Are you a friend of peace? Remain peaceful within yourself... Set aside quarrelling and turn to prayer. Don't return insult for insult but pray for the other person.
Would you like to speak to him against him? Speak to God on his behalf. I don't say be silent, but find a convenient place and see the one you are speaking to in silence, by a cry from the heart. There, where your enemy cannot see you, in that very place show goodness on his behalf. To this adversary of peace, this friend of argument, you, who are a friend of peace, give answer: “Say whatever you like, whatever your enmity may be about, for you are my brother”...
“No matter how much you hate and repel me: you are my brother! Recognise within yourself the mark of my Father. This is my Father's word: you are a disputatious brother yet you are my brother, for you, too, say the same as I do: 'Our Father in heaven.' We pray to one Father so why are we not at one? I beg you, acknowledge what it is you say together with me and renounce what you do against me... We have only one voice before the Father; why should we not together have one peace?”
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,20-26.
Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.'
But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Raqa,' will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, 'You fool,' will be liable to fiery Gehenna.
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you,
leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.
Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny."
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB
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Saint Augustine (354-430)
Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the Church
Sermon 357
"If you recall that your brother has anything against you"
“God makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust” (Mt 5,45). He shows his patience; he does not exercise as yet his almighty power. So you, too,... withhold yourself from provocation and don't increase the uneasiness of those who sow trouble. Are you a friend of peace? Remain peaceful within yourself... Set aside quarrelling and turn to prayer. Don't return insult for insult but pray for the other person.
Would you like to speak to him against him? Speak to God on his behalf. I don't say be silent, but find a convenient place and see the one you are speaking to in silence, by a cry from the heart. There, where your enemy cannot see you, in that very place show goodness on his behalf. To this adversary of peace, this friend of argument, you, who are a friend of peace, give answer: “Say whatever you like, whatever your enmity may be about, for you are my brother”...
“No matter how much you hate and repel me: you are my brother! Recognise within yourself the mark of my Father. This is my Father's word: you are a disputatious brother yet you are my brother, for you, too, say the same as I do: 'Our Father in heaven.' We pray to one Father so why are we not at one? I beg you, acknowledge what it is you say together with me and renounce what you do against me... We have only one voice before the Father; why should we not together have one peace?”