Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Cycle A
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Ex 22:20-26
1 Thes 1:5c-10
Mt 22:34-40
The readings for today make it clear that love of God and practical, concrete attention to the needs of one’s neighbor are inseparable. To love one’s neighbor “as oneself” means to love the neighbor as a person like oneself…to recognize, in other words, that despite any differences the neighbor may have, he/she is a person who never loses his/her human dignity.
So it is with our relationship with the unborn child. Recognizing that child as a person like ourselves is the foundation of extending our love to them and our efforts to protect them. The love of God cannot co-exist with indifference toward the slaughter of the unborn.
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