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TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

2/9/2016

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The Good Samaritan by Aimé Morot (1880)
"In my experience, every time people make an effort to live the Gospel as Jesus teaches us, everything begins to change: all aggressiveness, all fear and sadness then give way to peace and joy." - Belgian King Baudouin

Read:
Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 119
Luke 10:25-37

Study:
1) Handouts:
Honoring Our Parents; The Sanctity of Human Life; Stealing, Cheating, Lying; Chastity and Modesty

2) 3MC:
42 – What are the Ten Commandments?
49 – What is sex?
50 – What is sexual morality?

CCC 2196-2550 (YOUCAT 367-468)

Meditate:
If I am created in the image of God, how can a respect that image within myself? If others are created in the image of God, how can I respect that image within them? How can I love others as Jesus Christ loves them? When I fail in my duty toward myself or my neighbor, what can I do to make things right again? Are there offenses that I would never be able to repair by myself? Where can I get help to repair the damage that has been done?

Pray:
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life. Amen.

Imitate:
St. John the Evangelist

Apply:
Do I honor my parents and those in authority over me? Am I responsible with the authority I have been given over others? Do I protect life at all costs? Do I live a chaste life? Do I respect the property of others, even their own reputation? Do I preserve the truth, even when it is difficult? Are my desires and thoughts in line with what is true, good, beautiful? Do I desire the good of others, even without getting anything in return?

Extra:
The Third Way: Homosexuality and the Catholic Church
Courage
Feminists for Life
Gospel of Life Ministries
Avoiding Impurity
Chastity.com
Angelic Warfare Confraternity
Is it OK to Judge Someone?
Venting or Gossiping?


Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7)
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    This forum is for participants of St. Mary's Living The Faith Series and RCIA.

    Resources used for this forum include:

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    God Is Love
    God Is One
    Go Forth You Are Sent
    Grace Works
    In The End
    Into The Wilderness
    Mercy And Justice
    Our Divine Physician
    Our Wounded Nature
    Real Presence
    The City Of God
    The Joy Of Being
    The Keys Of The Kingdom
    The New Adam
    The New Eve
    The Way To Happiness
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    To Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
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    AUTHOR:
    Caleb Payne

    Caleb began his journey with Christ in 1997. He worked as a Protestant missionary for 8 years in China. It was soon after that he was challenged to consider the Catholic Church. After much prayer and study, he realized he had nothing to protest anymore and was received into full communion with Christ and His Church at the Easter Vigil Mass of 2011. For him the joy and peace that comes with receiving Christ in the Eucharist has turned into an insatiable desire to lead others to this same banquet. Caleb is first a husband, a father of three, and works in the Cortland area as a Registered Nurse. Caleb is a member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, the Angelic Warfare Confraternity, the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, and is an Evangelist for Saint Paul Street Evangelization. He has Certifications in Thomistic/Catholic Philosophy, Catholic Theology, and Catholic Apologetics through the New Saint Thomas Institute. He is also currently in the Formation for Ministry Program of the Syracuse Diocese. 
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