What’s Love Got to Do with It?

(An Exercise on 1Cor 13: 4-8a) We believe that “God is Love” (1 John 4:8). Jesus tells us that the two greatest commandments are to love God and our neighbor. Below is the description on love described by St. Paul in his first epistle to the Corinthians. Go through…

1. love is patient 2. love is kind 3. love does not envy 4. love does not boast 5. love is not proud 6. love is not rude 7. love is not self-seeking 8. love is not easily angered 9. love keeps no record of wrongs 10. love does not delight in…

I Believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of light, true God of true God: begotten not made;…

Acquaintances # Friends # Close Friends # # that influence you to do positive ____ _____ _____ things and be a better person …

By the end of this session participants should be able to . . . identify the Church as the community where they can learn how to be truly themselves as God created them discuss how the Church is the community where all people can learn…

By the end of this session participants should be able to . . . discuss why God created sex and sexuality define and discuss Christian “chastity” as using our sexuality as God intended not just for self-satisfaction. list…

By the end of this session participants should be able to . . . explain the Christian concept of “neighbor” as going beyond our acquaintances, friends and close friends to all fellow men discuss how our relationships with people we know…

By the end of this session participants should be able to . . . list 3 or 4 characteristics of good friends list 2 or 3 types of relationships that we sometimes think are friendships but aren’t discuss the…

By the end of this session participants should be able to . . . define their family as the group of people with whom God has chosen them to be most closely connected discuss how their relationship with their family can affect their…

By the end of this session participants should be able to . . . identify themselves as someone of real worth to God as the “jewel of His Creation” discuss our divine worth in light of our continual sinfulness define …