– Brought to you by Fr. Bernardino Andrade
One day a truck driver stopped at a restaurant for dinner and ordered a steak. Before he could eat it, in walked a motorcycle gang, with dirty leather jackets and long, unkempt hair. They took the man’s steak, cut it into six pieces, and ate it. The driver said nothing; He simply paid the bill and walked out.
One of the gang members said: «That man couldn’t talk! He didn’t say a word!».
Another said: «He couldn’t fight, either. He didn’t lift a hand! ».
A waiter added: «I would say that he couldn’t drive either. On his way out of the parking lot, he ran over six motorcycles crushing all of them! »
Something in us loves that story, because we like retaliation.
I felt good about this story. Then «I felt bad because I felt good». This «feeling good» was the opposite of the Sermon of the Mount, where Jesus says:
«You have learnt how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth»
«You have learnt how it was said: You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say this to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you». (Gospel of the 7th Sunday of the Ordinary Time, Math. 5: 38-48)
Love and Peace,
Fr. Bernardino Andrade
(bernardinodandrade@gmail.com)
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