I actually sang that song when I was in high school, Victor. I like Barbara's answer here, too. If we want to love Jesus, we must first submit to Him and His command to love one another as He has loved us. Blessings always!
So, so true. Coincidentally, I read a wonderful example of this very thing on Jon's post (Lone Wolf Concerto).
To be honest, at first I feared you might be taking the same road as what Pastor Janet did this morning when she gently(?) shamed those of us who were (are) angered by what took place at the Olympic opening ceremony. Not to be judgemental, but to love one another. That one's hard.
Basically, they used drag queens to portray the Last Supper ... a parody, if you will. One major advertiser hence pulled their ads and the Olympic Committee officially apologized today for offending the Catholic Church and Christians.
WHAT? I missed all that. It was not on our news. Goes to show how selective we are here with reporting the news.
I believe Europe has become so secular that Christianity is often mocked; and will some day soon be persecuted. Often on TV comedians mock the very belief in God, and celebrities announce proudly they don't believe "in all that!"
Yes, I am now angry at what you report happened. I am more angry that leading figures in the Church over here have not spoken out publicly - all denominations. (Unless they have and this too was not widely reported).
Christ is bigger than all this, Mevely. He can take the mockery and blasphemy. After all, He took it all when hanging there on the Cross.
Hi Victor, I agree with everything you have said, loving one another is not just liking what we see in a person, it is caring and helping them according to what they need, There is no greater love than the love that our Saviour Jesus showed us when He was sacrificed on that cross in order that we could have eternal life. God bless you for sharing.
Thank you Brenda. The modern world seems to have forgotten what it really means to love one another. It is all materialistic now and me ... me ... me ...
...Michelangelo’s Pietà is classic.
ReplyDeleteWhat it represents is worth an eternity.
DeleteGod bless, Tom.
When I was young, I had a replica of Michelangelo’s Pietà that my aunt gave me. I wondered what happened to it
DeleteNow's a reminder of what it means.
DeleteGod bless, Bill.
Poor Mary!
ReplyDelete——Cheerful Monk
Indeed, Cheerful Monk. God bless.
DeleteOne way we show our love is through obedience to Him.
ReplyDeleteAmen Barbara. That is what He has asked us to do.
DeleteGod bless you.
I actually sang that song when I was in high school, Victor. I like Barbara's answer here, too. If we want to love Jesus, we must first submit to Him and His command to love one another as He has loved us.
ReplyDeleteBlessings always!
Indeed Martha; the best way to love Him is to imitate His love with all whom we meet.
DeleteGod bless you and yours.
So, so true. Coincidentally, I read a wonderful example of this very thing on Jon's post (Lone Wolf Concerto).
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, at first I feared you might be taking the same road as what Pastor Janet did this morning when she gently(?) shamed those of us who were (are) angered by what took place at the Olympic opening ceremony. Not to be judgemental, but to love one another. That one's hard.
Sorry ... I missed your point totally about the Olympics ceremony. I did not watch any of it or followed the sports news.
DeleteGod bless, Mevely.
Basically, they used drag queens to portray the Last Supper ... a parody, if you will. One major advertiser hence pulled their ads and the Olympic Committee officially apologized today for offending the Catholic Church and Christians.
DeleteOh, and recreated Death riding a pale horse. Ugh.
DeleteWHAT? I missed all that. It was not on our news. Goes to show how selective we are here with reporting the news.
DeleteI believe Europe has become so secular that Christianity is often mocked; and will some day soon be persecuted. Often on TV comedians mock the very belief in God, and celebrities announce proudly they don't believe "in all that!"
Yes, I am now angry at what you report happened. I am more angry that leading figures in the Church over here have not spoken out publicly - all denominations. (Unless they have and this too was not widely reported).
Christ is bigger than all this, Mevely. He can take the mockery and blasphemy. After all, He took it all when hanging there on the Cross.
God bless you, my friend.
Just discovered these links from the US, Mevely:
Deletehttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/bishop-cozzens-response-to-olympics-mockery
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2024/07/29/bishop-robert-barron-slams-paris-olympics-mockery-of-the-last-supper/
None from the UK so far.
God bless.
Just found this in a UK paper dated today:
Deletehttps://catholicherald.co.uk/olympics-organisers-half-apologise-as-italian-catholics-decry-endless-gay-pride-culture/
It is amazing how they make sculptures look so real. It's sad though, seeing Him like that,
ReplyDeletebut we know what happened next!
DeleteAmen Sandi. God bless.
DeleteHi Victor, I agree with everything you have said, loving one another is not just liking what we see in a person, it is caring and helping them according to what they need, There is no greater love than the love that our Saviour Jesus showed us when He was sacrificed on that cross in order that we could have eternal life. God bless you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Brenda. The modern world seems to have forgotten what it really means to love one another. It is all materialistic now and me ... me ... me ...
DeleteGod bless always.