{"id":437,"date":"2007-04-26T00:10:02","date_gmt":"2007-04-26T05:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:05:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:05:57","slug":"the-hour-of-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-hour-of-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hour of Glory","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"335\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-images\/Pope_with_Assassin.jpg\" \/><br \/>   <em><font size=\"2\">Pope John Paul II with his would-be assassin <\/font><\/em> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE<\/strong> measure of love is not how we treat our friends, but our <em>enemies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE WAY OF FEAR&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=435\"><em>The Great Scattering<\/em><\/a>, the enemies of the Church are growing, their torches lit with flickering and twisted words as they begin their march into the Garden of Gethsemane. The temptation is to run&#8212;to avoid conflict, to shy away from speaking the truth, to even hide our Christian identity.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">And they all left him and fled&#8230; (Mark 14:50)<\/font> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, it is much easier to hide behind the trees of tolerance or the leaves of complacency. Or lose the faith altogether.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">A young man followed him wearing nothing but a linen cloth about his  body. They seized him, but he left the cloth behind and ran off naked.  (v.52)<\/font> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Still others will follow at a distance&#8212;until pressed. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">At that he began to curse and to swear, &quot;I do not know the man.&quot; And immediately a cock crowed&#8230; (Matt 26:74) <\/font> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE WAY OF LOVE&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus shows us another way. With His betrayal, He begins to <em>overwhelm<\/em> His enemies with<em> love.<\/em> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>He expresses his sadness rather than a rebuke as Judas kisses His cheek.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus heals the ear cut off from the high priest&#8217;s guard&#8212;one of the very soldiers sent to arrest Him.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus turns the other cheek as the high priests slap and spit upon Him.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><em>He is not defensive before Pilate, but condescends to his authority.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus begs Mercy upon his executioners, &quot;Father, forgive them&#8230;&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While bearing the very sins of the criminal crucified next to Him, Jesus promises the good thief Paradise.<br \/>   <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Directing the entire proceedings of the crucifixion is a centurion. Upon seeing the responses of Jesus toward all his enemies, he exclaims, &quot;<em>Truly this man was the Son of God.<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus overwhelmed him with love. <\/p>\n<p>This is how the Church will shine. It won&#8217;t be with pamphlets, books, and clever programs. It will be, rather, with the holiness of love.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><strong>Holy people alone can renew humanity.<\/strong> &mdash;POPE JOHN PAUL II, Vatican City, Aug. 27, 2004 <br \/>   <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE HOUR OF GLORY<\/p>\n<p>As the rhetoric increases, we must overwhelm our enemies with <em>patience<\/em>. As the hatred sharpens, we must overwhelm our persecutors with <em>gentleness<\/em>. As the judgments and falsehoods mount, we must overwhelm our detractors with <em>forgiveness<\/em>. And as violence and cruelty spill upon our soil, we must overwhelm our prosecutors with <em>mercy<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>So we should begin this very moment <em>overwhelming<\/em> our wives, husbands, children, and acquaintances. For how can we love our enemies if we do not forgive our friends?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">Whoever claims to abide in Jesus ought to live just as he lived&#8230; love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (1 John 2:6, Luke 6:27-28)<\/font> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><strong>Mercy is the garment of light which the Lord has given to us in Baptism. We must not allow this light to be extinguished; on the contrary, it must grow within us every day and thus bring to the world God&#8217;s glad tidings. <\/strong>&#8212;POPE BENEDICT XVI, Easter Homily, April 15th, 2007<\/font> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: rgb(102, 0, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?page_id=279\"><font size=\"2\" color=\"#ffffff\">Click here to <strong>Unsubscribe<\/strong> or <strong>Subscribe<\/strong> to this Journal.&nbsp;<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope John Paul II with his would-be assassin &nbsp; THE measure of love is not how we treat our friends, but our enemies. &nbsp; THE WAY OF FEAR&nbsp; As I wrote in The Great Scattering, the enemies of the Church are growing, their torches lit with flickering and twisted words as they begin their march [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","category-spirituality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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