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Jesus: (Mt 5,44-45): “I say to
you,
Love of enemies - What does this mean?
Love of enemies means: Not to look at the foreign and strange people in a hostile and rejecting way or even to despise them.
But love of enemies does not mean surrender to an opponent or even to submit to him.
Love of enemies does not mean, to make yourself defenseless and to dispense with any protection.
Love of enemies does not mean, to give up the principles of law and justice.
Love of enemies does not mean, to develop feelings of affection which one must justifiably be afraid of.
But love of enemies is the renunciation on demonization and devaluation of the opponent.
Love of enemies is the renunciation of own privileges and claims to power.
Love of enemies is the effort to understand deeper the causes of aggression and violence and to eliminate these causes.
Love of enemies is the effort for honest discussion and fair dialogue.
Love of enemies is the readiness to approach the other.
Love of enemies is the ability to listen, sometimes long and patient, to understand the experiences, the fears and views of the other.
Love of enemies requires to further develop our communication skills: to formulate more clearly our own goals, values and fears
Love of enemies requires more
tolerance towards those
Love of enemies requires the willingness, to work
together with people and languages and world views.
Love of enemies requires a new sensibility, to find the common and connecting among all people and nations.
Love of enemies requires the willingness, to respect the dignity of every human being.
Manfred Hanglberger (www.hanglberger-manfred.de)
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