Here are some of the themes in the readings for the 7th Sunday of the Year.

1st Reading – 1st Samuel 26:2,7-9,12-13,22-23

• While trying to kill David, Saul is asleep and unattended when David comes upon him.
• David spares Saul’s life, offering clear proof of his mercy.

Psalm – 103:1-4,8,10,12-13

• “The Lord is kind and merciful.”
• God, who is merciful and gracious, has compassion on us and pardons all our sins.

2nd Reading – 1st Corinthians 15:45-49

• Paul contrasts the first man, Adam, with Jesus (the last Adam) to highlight the natural and the spiritual.
• By becoming like us, Christ unites our nature to his and restores what was lost by sin.

Gospel – Luke 6:27-38

• The “Golden Rule” (Do to others as you would have them do to you) is highlighted in this passage in a number of ways: love one’s enemies, share or lend with those in need, stop judging, forgive one another.
• “For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

Mass Readings – 7th Sunday of the Year

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