LOVE according to St.
Paul,
in his first letter to
Corinthians …
Why there is a need for Love in
everything we do?
If we do something without Love,
it means NOTHING.
“Behold, the virgin shall
be with child and bear
a son, and they shall
name him Emmanuel,
which means
“God is with us.”
- Matthew 1: 23
”For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal
life.”
- John 3: 16
Lying in the street
with her blood-
stained Barbie doll
blasted from her
hand, a dead
teenager has become
the latest victim of
the Philippines war
on drugs.
FAMILY is the source of Love and
the reason for loving.
If one is coming from a firm
family ties, he is expected to do
well in the society.
But, if he is from a broken family,
his behavior would be questionable.
#filipinoMentality
VALUES formation which is vital to the
socialization skills of an individual can be
developed and nurtured in the family,
school and environment.
VALUES may include obtaining
knowledge, wisdom and necessary skills,
using them in your home and living out the
values you acquired within the family.
"It is beyond doubt that the
one cause of fear is either that
we will lose what we love after
attaining it or that, despite all
our hopes, we will never
attain it at all.“
- St. Augustine, De diversis
quaestionibus
“At the end of life, we are
going to be judged on
the basis of our love for
one another.”
- St. Teresa of Calcutta
from the Latin word, “vocare” meaning
“to call.”
When we talk about A career or a profession is
vocation, we introduce a something that you have in
vertical dimension in our order to support yourself
life, which is God. It is no and to contribute in some
longer ‘what do I prefer?' way to the good of the
but rather ‘What does God society.
want me to be?" A
vocation is not something
that you can switch like a
profession or a career.
✢For someone who has chosen a
single life, even though they have
not formally taken the three vows of
poverty, chastity and obedience, yet
they make a personal commitment
to put their freedom at the service
of others in their work and prayer.
And in doing so, they strive to
follow Christ in their daily lives.
✢For a married Christian couple, they follow
Christ by giving themselves to each other
completely and without any reservation,
promising to love each other faithfully for the
rest of their lives, sharing their joys and
sufferings in whatever circumstances life
brings them. They express their love through
their sexual union, which brings them
together in the closest intimacy and opens
them to the gift of new life.
✢ For someone who has chosen the
consecrated life, their path of following
Christ is through their vows of chastity,
poverty and obedience. They are called
to live as Christ lived; to model their
lives on the life of Jesus- chaste, poor
and obedient - making their hearts
more free for prayer and service.
✢For those who have chosen the ordained
ministry, through sacramental ordination,
they share in the priesthood of Christ in a
special way. Their very beings are transfigured
so that they can represent Christ the Good
Shepherd for God's people and Christ as the
Head of the Church. They not only offer their
own lives to the Father, as all Christians do,
but they also stand before the Church and
minister to the faithful as Christ ‘in person.'
They may be different,
yet, they are the same
in their goal:
To serve God
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