One of the things that the Internet, and Twitter in particular, seems to have enabled is a new level of feuding. There have always been feuds, of course. Think of Cain and Abel. But now the feuding seems to be on steroids, because Twitter (and other platforms) enable almost constant interaction, a back-and-forth that escalates at every stage. You say something I don't like-- and I can turn around and blast you with both barrels. Today's Strib has a picture of O.J. Simpson and the comment that he has joined Twitter, posting: "This is yours truly. I got a little getting even to do." And so it goes. Not at all the approach Jesus teaches in today's Gospel (Mt 5: 38-42) where He famously advocates turning the other cheek. "Offer no resistence to one who is evil," He says. Avoidance of conflict, not an eye for an eye, is what Jesus tells us to do. We might remember that when we participate in the Twitter nonsense of "two eyes for one eye" that some folks undertake. Don't read that stuff. Don't be on the Twitter feeds of people who act that way, because in doing so you're just encouraging exactly what Jesus tells us to avoid. Certainly don't re-tweet any of the commentary, thereby giving it more legs. We're called to be conflict-solvers, not conflict-provokers. That's the whole point of what we read today. Don't engage with those who do evil, who want to fight. Just ignore them-- which is the last thing they want. Pope Francis did just that with the cardinals and others who want to fight with him on doctrine. It was exactly the right move. We can sit behind our computer screens and get sucked in to great, silly fights. "Turn the other cheek."