To overcome evil with good.

Let the good win in our lives.
You must have experienced a situation where two people first started arguing verbally. One, he cursed at the first and the second at first. Then, the insults escalated, slowly approaching the battle. And these two people became enemies for life and death. The Lord Jesus tells us, “Do not resist evil. If someone hits you after with the right cheek, set him up the other ”(Mt 5:39).
At first glance, it would seem that Jesus wants us to leave us free to spread evil. If someone does something wrong, we should leave him or him happy; we are to help continue the evil. We do not distribute such a way of injustice? Let’s put everything in perspective. Basic the key to correct understanding is the phrase, “Do not resist evil.” We do not have to oppose evil as such, absolutely evil, nor the evil, the devil. Badman that is the one who hurts me. Jesus does not deny that he is a bad person. He doesn’t ask us to pretend to be different! Jesus does not want us not to retaliate for evil.

Jesus wants us never to seek revenge. We prefer to suffer injustice, how to do injustice. We have to answer evil with good. Because evil repays with an even greater evil, the insult returns with an even greater insult. She had remorse repaid by angry words; oil is poured into the fire, evil grows, personal retribution rages unabated. When she lets it run, it ends in decay, disruption, chaos, the struggle of all against all.3 We already read in the Old Testament how God tells the Israelites that He alone includes retribution and revenge (cf. Deut 32:25). Or the Book of Proverbs says that we are not to repay others according to our deeds (cf. Prov. 24:29). Against evil, fight only with love and goodness. As St. Paul says, “Do not repay evil for evil, or a curse for curse; but rather, bless ”(1 Peter 3: 9). if we show love, mercy, goodness to a man who does evil to us, so be it sooner turn around. If he sees our love, finds out that he has done evil, then he will change his life and go on the path of repentance.

Let’s look now at the Old Testament, the figure of David. As Saul persecuted him, though David did him no harm, he was very anxious beneficial. And when David was fled from Saul, he entered into a cave. To this cave, Saul also came. David began to talk to take revenge on Saul. However, David secretly cut off the edge of Saul’s cloak. And he said, “Let the Lord be far from it to me! I will not do this to my master! ” When Saul heard this, he stopped to persecute David because he saw that he had no anger in him (cf. 1 Sam 24: 1-22). In this story, although it is difficult, it is beneficial if your own we will show love to the enemy. Only love is the only force it can turn the enemy into a friend; only love has creative and liberating power. Lord, Jesus Christ, teach us that in retribution, we will not solve anything. Give us the grace to understand that only love can transform evil. Let us act according to your mercy, and so we follow you, the innocent lamb you are. He also laid down his life for his enemies.