January 7, 2016
First reading: 1JN 4:19-5:4 Responsorial Psalm: PS 72:1-2,14 AND 15BC,17 Gospel: LK 4:14-22
Love (Continuation)

Love is integrated with care, which was demonstrated “his heart was moved with pity for them” Mark 6:34 this show how Jesus care for the people, did you care about the people’s needs, those around you the less privilege, the orphan etc. when they are in need, did you provide for them “the king will say to those on his right: ‘come, blessed of my father ! Take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. For I was hungry you gave something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was stranger you welcome me into your house, I was naked you cloth me, I was sick you visit me, I was in the prison you came and see me. Then the upright will say when did I do all this……………………….. The king will answer, whenever you do this to the least of my brother YOU DO IT, TO ME” Matt 25:34-40 when people around are in needs, did you help them, if you help them you have shown love to God but if you have denied them you have equally denied God “because love is of God” 1John 4:7 Most youth has misinterpret Love for Lust, with sexual immorality with boyfriend and girlfriends they go about deceiving themselves I love you, but instead they want to take advantage of the other and God speak against sexual immorality “for you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure or who is covetous will not enter into the kingdom of God” Eph 5:5, if you have a friend that make you sin in this way, immediately cut off from him, because true love never harms just to please the shameful passion but instead true love want the best for you “oh that today you will listen to his voice harden not your heart” Heb 3:15 There is no love that can be compared to the love God has for us ”John 3:16”