In today's episode, "A Prayer to Love My Enemies," we explore the transformative power of love and forgiveness, even towards ...

At the time, ‘kill them with kindness” sounded like good advice—a way to counter hostility with grace. Had I actually known ...

‘Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you’ (Matthew 5:44). “I’m a Christian — I love everybody!” Some of us may ...

Now, imagine a soldier standing in such desolation, reading today's Gospel words: "But I say to you: Love your enemies and ...

“Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly.” Familiarity has deadened our sense of just how extraordinary this startling ...

Yet he did just that in this unscripted moment. Bannon made no reference to Jesus or the Gospels, but the phrase “pray for our enemies” combines the two halves of Matthew 5:44: “Love your enemies and ...

For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. “Love your enemies,” says Jesus. Apparently, it’s not up for discussion. It’s not something to be tried once in a blue moon, if we’re in ...

Reflecting on efforts by John Lewis, or Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the light of how Jesus calls us to love can be shed ...

Last week’s Presidential Address to Congress was a disappointment. Shame on President Trump, who acted anything but “presidential.” With the opening lines of his speech, Trump began to taunt the ...

To show love to your enemies is to truly love as Christ did. In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus uses the example of the Jew and the Samaritan, who would not ordinarily have been friendly ...

He, after all, is the source, the power and the pattern of how this kind of love can take place. So, the challenge to face and the task to do is how to immerse ourselves in God, practically ...