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Proper 3 - Year A

Leviticus 19.1–2, 9–18
1 Corinthians 3.10–11, 16–23
Matthew 5.38–48

There are two basic mistakes people make about the command to love your neighbour as yourself. The first is to forget the last two words. We aren’t told to love our neighbour with all our heart, mind, soul and strength; only God has that absolute claim. We are to love our neighbour no more, but no less, than we love ourselves. This will vary according to whether we are naturally selfish people, who pamper...

Taken from Twelve Months of Sundays Year A by N T Wright

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