An Eye for An Eye: Really? 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time-A, February 19, 2023

To the ancient "Law of Talion", better known as the law of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth", Jesus takes his gospel hatchet. He calls his disciples to a higher moral code, one that enshrines mercy into how we are to calculate justice in this world. 

Homily delivered to the Saint Francis Assisi Catholic Community in Cuenca, Ecuador, Iglesia de San Francisco