For a Christian, love for one’s enemies is not "tactics" but a lifestyle that is consistent with the radical nature of the revolution of the Gospel: it was said yesterday morning by the Pope at the Angelus. "Love your enemies": in commenting yesterday’s Gospel, Benedict XVI asked himself: "Why does Jesus ask one to love one’s enemies, that is, a love the exceeds human power?" In fact, he highlighted, "Christ’s proposal is realistic, because it reflects the fact that there is ‘too much’ violence, ‘too much’ injustice in the world, and therefore this situation cannot be overcome, unless one opposes some ‘extra’ love, some ‘extra’ goodness, but "this ‘extra’ comes from God: it is His mercy, that was made flesh in Jesus and that alone can send the world ‘off balance’ from good to evil, starting from that little, decisive ‘world’ that is man’s heart". Rightly, added the Pope, "this page from the Gospel is considered the ‘magna charta’ of Christian non-violence, which does not consists in surrendering to evil according to a misinterpretation of ‘turning the other cheek’ but in responding to evil with goodness, thereby breaking the chain of injustice". (to be continued)
