Reading some comments in a Facebook conversation between one friend who is a Christian priest and a friend of theirs who, I think, is another Christian priest, I was moved by this:
It is about love to those who do not know that they are being loved, nor what love is. That love offered is a choice, not an emotion. It's not because he 'likes' or 'feels close to', but because he chooses to love in the face of hate. He serves those who don't trust him as well as those who adore him.
'Choosing love in the face of hate', or in the face of dislike or misunderstanding....in the context above, it's what Jesus did. What an example to us all!