This love is not reserved only for the righteous or the grateful. Christ extends it even to His adversaries, fulfilling His own command: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Mt 5:44). His sacrifice reveals a love powerful enough to reach those farthest away — the indifferent, the hostile, the spiritually numb. It is a love that does not wait for us to deserve it.
Yet today, this profound message struggles to be heard. We live in a world captivated by novelty, speed, and distraction — not so different from the Athenians who, as Acts recounts, “spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new” (Acts 17:21). Our modern version of this fixation shows up in endless