Love is still
a verb!
part 2
All are Welcome
Let us build a house where love can dwell
and all can safely live,
A place where saints and children
tell how hearts learn to forgive.
Built of hopes and dreams and visions ,
Rock of faith and vault of grace,
Here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
all are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place
All are Welcome
Let us build a house where prophets speak,
and words are strong and true,
Where all God’s children dare to seek
To dream God’s reign a new.
Here the cross shall stand as witness
and as symbol of God’s grace:
Here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:
all are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Love never fails
“I give you a new commandment,
that you love one another.
Just as I have loved you,
you also should love one another.
By this everyone will know
that you are my disciples…”
John 13:34
Do not waste time bothering whether
you love your neighbor; act as if you did.
As soon as we do this we find one of the
great secrets. When you are behaving as
if you loved someone, you will presently
come to love him."
-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself,
your neighbor is the holiest object
presented to your senses.“
C.S. Lewis,
The Weight of Glory
"Love is the gift of self.
It means emptying oneself
to reach out to others.
In a certain sense,
It means forgetting oneself
for the good of others."
Pope John Paul II
Table Talk
Write down your answer to 2 of the questions below:
1. Top 10 ways you can “act” as if you love your neighbor.
2. Top 10 things that prevent you from seeing Christ in
others.
3. How do your neighbors know that you are one of
Christ’s disciples?
4. What does it mean to you to "empty yourself" for
another?
5. Describe a time that you felt deeply loved by someone
who was not a close friend or family member.
"Love does no wrong to a neighbor.“
Romans 13:10
Do not judge, and you will not be judged;
do not condemn, and you will not be
condemned. Forgive, and you will be
forgiven; give, and it will be given to you."
Luke 6:37
“ ...Love your enemies, do good to
those who hate you, bless those who
curse you, pray for those who abuse
you.”
Luke 6:27
Table Talk
Write down your answer to 2 of the questions below:
1. Top 10 ways "you" do wrong to your neighbors.
2. Top 10 things “you” judge others on.
3. Describe a time that you felt you were being
judged by your neighbor.
4. Who are your enemies?
5. Describe a time when you wore a “bell” for
someone or when someone wore a “bell” for you.
The Lord asks us to love as he does,
even our enemies, to make ourselves
the neighbor of those farthest away, and
to love children and the poor as Christ
himself."
Catechism of the Catholic Church
#1825
Next week . . .
Friend
request from
God!
Part 1