I had a weird and sort of unpleasant day yesterday. I won’t go into why.

Obviously, a lot of American Catholics are having a bit of sadness and dulled shock over the news in Texas. I won’t comment on all that for multiple reasons, also to be left unexplained.

Anyway, both things lead me to this: love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you.

We should love those who are our enemies because God loves them. If we love God, we love those He loves – we want the same things for them, primarily His friendship and its consummation in Heaven. We pray for those who persecute us because we love them in this way.

Feel the splinters? It’s the Cross.

That’s Christianity.