God speaks His Word to us, now in Jesus Christ who speaks from within our hearts, that we might respond to His invitation of love: His Word ultimately calls us to turn outward to show love to other people. Regardless of who they are, they are all the same in that by showing them mercy, and loving them from the heart, they become our neighbor. Indeed, there is much room for us to expand our horizons in embracing so many others as "neighbor" in the exchanging of mercy.
This love comes as God, the Creator, has reconciled all through the redemptive blood of His Son Jesus Christ. By the Paschal Mystery, God shows us love, and so we love Him back, and then turn to love others in showing them mercy in action.
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