Team Spiritual Care: Words to the Wise about Scripture

Sister Kateri Theriault
Mission Integration

To encounter scripture is to encounter the Word of God, but sometimes you need a little help in understanding how God is speaking to you right now. When you are attracted to a passage of scripture but not sure what to do with it, find some saints, pastors, poets, or theologians who have meditated on and written about the passage. Their words might be just the springboard you need to gain greater understanding. For example, Jesus’ enigmatic command to turn the other cheek? Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement sets this scripture in the context of living nonviolently. “To be truly nonviolent,” she writes, “is to ‘resist not evil,’ turn the other cheek, put aside all power, walk another mile, give up coat and cloak, too.”



TODAY’S READINGS: 1 Kings 21:1-16; Matthew 5:38-42 (365)


“When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.”