As we continue to walk through the Sermon on the Mount we
come to the Golden Rule: “Do
to others whatever you would have them do to you.”
This
summer our youth minister Kevin—this week at VBS it is Sir Kevin—and I are reading John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. This teaching came from over 100 of John Paul II’s Wednesday
audiences in which he reflected on what it means to be a human person
especially in our sexuality.
John
Paul II takes the Golden Rule as a basis for how we are to treat others,
especially within our sexuality and vocation. First, he notes that we must never merely use a person for
our own desires. Second, because
we are each created in the image and likeness of God, the only proper response
to another is love.
Many in our world do not live out the
Golden Rule. Jesus tells us as
much: “Enter through the narrow gate; for
the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and
those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.” We Catholics must treat others as we
want to be treated to help others find the narrow gate to life. We must never use others but must
rather love and inspire others to do the same.
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