Honesty

But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.  Mathew 5:39

How hard is it to give when you know you are being taken advantage of?   In today's Gospel Jesus is teaching us how to be a cheerful giver.  When someone asks for something give them more than they ask, in turn you will change hearts to do the same.  If you don't think of the reward in heaven.   We put to much emphasis on our earthly possessions and do not really understand the rewards of heaven.  While Jesus hung on the Cross, he forgave those who persecuted him, "forgive them Father for they know not what they do."  Luke 23:34. We live in a world that we seek rewards for everything that we do, when we should be striving for the rewards that will come at final judgment, when the things we did in secret will be rewarded.   We also live in a world that wants to destroy the truth, when we need to live by the truth in what Jesus taught, Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?”  John 18:23.  The media will trick us in to believing what someone said by only giving half the statement.  Do your research or keep silent.  So much in the world today is half truths or twisted words that if you looked at the entire story, there would be less hatred and more honest people. 

"O merciful God, fill our hearts, we pray, with the graces of your Holy Spirit; with love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. Teach us to love those who hate us; to pray for those who despitefully use us; that we may be the children of your love, our Father, who makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. In adversity grant us grace to be patient; in prosperity keep us humble; may we guard the door of our lips; may we lightly esteem the pleasures of this world, and thirst after heavenly things; through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Prayer of Anselm)