We are lavishly loved and blessed. What we put out into the world may have a cause and effect dynamic, or it may not. However, the more good we do, the more we become people who do good, and the more we become magnanimous, like God is.

For Reflection:

• What resonates with you from this reading?

• What makes it hard for you to turn the other cheek, metaphorically speaking?

• What effect does a good work have on you? How does doing something good for someone else sit with you?

• How has God blessed you in your life lately? Where have you seen God’s abundant care for you?

• As you consider this reading, what’s happening in your life now, your own prayer, what’s God’s call for you in this?