Daily Meditation: Thursday, October 13, 2016

Love of one’s neighbour - respect in them the life they received from God

10/13/2016

Jesus said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself’. And what does loving one’s neighbour mean? Above all, it means to respect the life given to human beings by God. Christians must meditate on this commandment, because after two thousand years of Christianity, it is obvious from their behaviour that most of them have not yet understood it, much less put it into practice. To reject a human being, to despise them and humiliate them, is to declare that they are not a creature of God. However, no one has the right to declare such a thing; no one has the right to place themself between a human being and their heavenly father. A person is obviously free to cut themself off from divine love by their own free will, but no one else can cut them off; no one has the right to cut them off. All are welcome in the house of the father. Even his wayward children are welcomed when they sincerely wish to return, and their heavenly father celebrates their homecoming. Have you read the parable of the prodigal son?