The Golden Rule

The Gospel according to Matthew 7:7-12

Jesus said to his disciples: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who
seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asked for a loaf of bread,
or a snake when he asked for a fish?
If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.

"Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets."

Reflection

This gospel reflects what being a Christian is all about. The last phrase of this passage is so simple and yet so profound – if we all treated one another like we would like to be treated, so many of the problems of the world would melt away.