St Mark Sermons

How Can We Love Our Enemies? [How?]


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In this sermon, Fr. Matthias Shehad explores the Christian command to love our enemies by examining the mission and challenges faced by the 70 apostles. He explains that loving enemies is not about emotions but about intentional actions such as doing good, blessing those who mistreat us, and praying for their transformation. Fr. Matthias highlights that forgiveness and refusal of retaliation require humility and trust in God's justice, not personal vengeance. He describes how prayer changes both hearts—ours and others’—and encourages viewing enemies as wounded souls in need of healing. Drawing on scripture examples like Christ’s sacrifice and the perseverance of St. Paul, he emphasizes that loving enemies is possible only through divine grace, and it opens the path for spiritual growth and bringing others to salvation.
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