Friends, in the Gospel for the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Jesus has extreme demands for us, demands so extreme that they call us to perfection and nothing less. As Tony Crescio explains, ultimately, this demands that we live a life of perfect love, just as Jesus did. Why so great a demand? Because you were made to be perfect! By your very nature you were made for the perfection of sharing the Divine Life!
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.