RECOLLECTION

2023
St. Paul School of Buug, Inc.
Grade 8

AIAN KEM MANLANGIT BANTILAN

LUKE 6:27-38
But to you who hear I say, love your
enemies, do good to those who hate
you, bless those who curse you, pray
for those who mistreat you.
To the person who strikes you
one cheek, offer the other one
as well, and from the person
who takes your cloak, do not
withhold even your tunic.
LUKE 6:27-38
Give to everyone who asks of you, and
from the one who takes what is yours
do not demand it back. Do to others
as you would have them do to you.
For if you love those who love
you, what credit is that to you?
Even sinners love those who
love them. And if you do good
to those who do good to you,
what credit is that to you?
LUKE 6:27-38
Even sinners do the same. If you lend
money to those from whom you
expect repayment, what credit [is]
that to you? Even sinners lend to
sinners, and get back the same
amount.
But rather, love your
enemies and do good to
them, and lend expecting
nothing back;
LUKE 6:27-38
then your reward will be great and
you will be children of the Most
High, for he himself is kind to the
ungrateful and the wicked. Be
merciful, just as [also] your Father is
merciful.
Stop judging and you
will not be judged. Stop
condemning and you will
not be condemned.
LUKE 6:27-38
Forgive and you will be
given to you; a good
measure, packed together,
shaken down, and
overflowing, will be poured
into your lap. For the
measure with which you
measure will in return be
measured out to you.
PANANAGUTAN
Love Your
Enemy
 “It is easy enough to be
friendly to one’s friends. But
to befriend the one who
regards himself as your
enemy is the ideal of true
religion. The other is mere
business.” – Gandhi
Love your enemies

one of the
greatest
challenges in
life.
Why is this message an
important one? 

this is a universal
problem
 the hatred we feel for
other people, hatred
that wells up inside of
us and causes
destructive actions,
for people who might have
harmed us in some way
but in the end are fellow
human beings who we
must live with in a
common society.
Is there anyone in your life who
you hate or just can’t stand?
Maybe someone who just
irritates you to no end, who you
resent and feel bitterness
towards? And if so, are you
proud of that? Does it make you
happy?
 What Does
“Love Your
Enemy” Mean?
 Who are
these people?
 Maybe:
People who disrespected you
 A family member you’ve fight with
Someone who did horrible to a loved one
A teacher, or a classmate, schoolmate
 What does it mean to
love these people? 
Obviously it’s non-romantic
love, but there’s lots of
different kinds of non-romantic
love. 
 There’s the love you
have for your siblings,
your parents, your best
friends … all of these are
different in some way.
 Then there’s the love you
have for someone who just
did something wonderful
for you, whether that’s
someone you know or a
complete stranger. 
There’s the love for
your fellow human
beings — and this is
the love I mean.
To “Love Your Enemy”
is to find it in your heart
to put aside any wrongs,
and to love them as a
fellow human being. 
You don’t have to love
them like you love
your parents or best
friend.   
Just have loving feelings
toward them … and if
possible, express it
through words, or by
doing something nice, or
with a smile.  
 It’s not easy, I know.
Picture the person you
dislike most, and see if
it’s easy to find that love
for them.
 Imagine someone who
murdered someone you
love. That would
certainly be an “enemy”.
 Could you find it in your heart
to love that person? I know that
would be the most difficult
thing in my entire life … which
brings up the question:
“Why should I?”
 “The hunger for love
is much more difficult
to remove than the
hunger for bread.” 
– Mother Teresa
 Why Should I
Love My Enemy?
This isn’t an easy question.
But let’s look briefly
at a few strong
reasons:
 You’ll be happier.
 If you have anger or resentment inside
of you, even if you don’t think about it all the
time, there will be times when it surfaces. And
that makes you unhappy. 
Removing this anger from
yourself is a positive thing,
and it will make you
happier overall.
 You could change that
person’s life.
  Your enemy is a human being, and it’s
very possible that your hatred of that
person is a source of grief, tension, or
hatred in them.
Making them happier is a good thing.
And making someone happier, no matter
who that is,
can make us
happier.
You could make a friend.
  One of the most powerful effects of
learning to love your enemy is that
your enemy can become your friend.
And if that enemy is a family member or
former friend, reuniting can be extremely
powerful
and important.
You set a better example
for others.
  Our actions set an example for other
people in our lives. 
Teaching them to hate is not a positive example.
But teaching them to overcome that anger and
hate, to make up with an enemy, and to love …
there is no better example in life.
 It’s better for society. 
  If we can overcome that
hatred, and learn to love our
neighbor and our enemy,
society is better of in so
many ways.
It’s a test of you as a
person.   
  A better test of your goodness is if
you can overcome feelings of
hatred or resentment, and turn them
into feelings of love. That’s a true
challenge. And it’s
a life-long
challenge.
“Love is the only force
capable of
transforming an enemy
into friend.”
 – Martin Luther King Jr.  
Here are the
10 tips for
Loving Your
Enemy 
 1.
Stop, breathe,
detach yourself.  
 II.
Put yourself in
their shoes  
 III.
Seek to
understand.  
 IV.
Seek to
accept.   
 IV.
Seek to
accept.   
 V.
Forgive, and let
the past go.    
 VI.
Find something
to love.    
 VII.
See them as yourself, or
a loved one.   
 VIII.
Find common
ground.     
 IX.
Open your
heart.      
 X.
Reach out to
them.      
Forgiveness
and
Healing     
 “Forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass
against us.”     
“I’ll never forgive
him/her,”
We must do our very best
     person.
to forgive the
But we must forgive,
because only then can we
heal. Only then can we be
worthy of our Father
forgiving us.
 “Father, forgive
hem for they know
not what they do.”
    
“I would kneel and kiss their
hands. For if these things had
not happened, I would not
have been a Christian and a

religious sister today.”     

St. Josephine Bakhita
 Be patient with yourself.   
Forgiveness isn’t a feeling; it’s a decision to
love the one you need to forgive. It’s a
decision to let go of rage, anger, resentment.

“To withhold forgiveness is like

taking poison and expecting the
unforgiven to die.”
 Practice forgiveness
in the little things.
“That person must be
going through a difficult
day. I forgive him.”
 Ask the Blessed Mother
to help you.
She stood by, quietly, with
great sorrow as her Son was
beaten, scourged and hung on
a Cross to die an agonizing
death.
 Separate the sin from the
sinner and pray for every
person who has every hurt
you.
Perhaps we can pray that
we can see our world in a
better way…more like
God might see it. 
Forgive the secondary
players.
 Consider fasting,
especially for those people
you have had a hard time
forgiving.
Fasting was the final act that truly
allowed me to choose to forgive.
The self-sacrifice of fasting is
difficult, but it gave me the
humility to forgive.
 Embracing the anger
and holding onto the
grudge only hurts us
and our soul. Forgiving
those who have hurt us
helps our soul to heal.
 It’s important for
us to be as merciful
to others as we
expect God will be
with us.
Seeing ourselves as
needing forgiveness
will give us the
humility we need to
forgive.
 St. Teresa of
Calcutta said, “If we
really want to love,
we must learn how
to forgive.”
forgiving someone
doesn’t mean that
we don’t want
justice
Forgiveness doesn’t
mean that we need
to trust the person
 Forgiveness doesn’t
mean that we’re no
longer hurt. Forgiveness
means that our soul is at
peace and our anger is
gone.
 Be patient:
forgiveness doesn’t
happen overnight,
and forgiveness isn’t
a feeling;
it’s a decision to love the
one you need to forgive
and it’s a decision to let
go of rage, anger and
resentment.
 Practice forgiveness in
little things. Ask Mother
Mary to help. Pray and
fast for the people who
have hurt you and any
secondary players. 
Forgiving others
is one of the
very
foundations of
Christian life.
 “Forgive us our
trespasses as we
forgive those who
trespass against
us.”
Forgiveness, true
forgiveness, heals
our hearts and
souls and gives us
peace.
 Confession:
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen
 Confession:
Bless me Father for I have sinned.
My last confession was
___________
There are my sins(Priest counsels and gives
penance, then ask you to pray
_________________the Contrition.)
 Act of Contrition

My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my

heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to
do good, I have sinned against you whom I
should love above all things. 
I firmly intend, with your help, to do
penance, to sin no more, and to avoid
whatever leads me to sin.
Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for
us. In his name, my God, have mercy.
 Priest will now grant Absolution.

In the name of the Father, and of

the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Thank You, Father.

(Do your penance quietly)