Pray for your enemies

Posted on February 21, 2025 
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“Friends in Christ, here are some words I would like you to consider learning off by heart:

‘But to you who are listening I say: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who ill-treat you.’ [Luke 6:27-28]

These are the words of the Lord Jesus. He spoke them particularly to his disciples, but also in the hearing of the large crowds who were following him.

And these are words for our times, our very divided and uncertain times …”

– Dean of St. Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney Sandy Grant was writing in last week’s Cathedral Newsletter.