1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 16:14
Do everything in love.
Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Pegadas na Areia
Sonhei que estava andando na praia
com o Senhor
e no céu passavam cenas de minha vida.
Para cada cena que passava,
percebi que eram deixados dois pares
de pegadas na areia:
um era meu e o outro do Senhor.
Quando a última cena da minha vida
passou diante de nós, olhei para trás,
para as pegadas na areia,
e notei que muitas vezes,
no caminho da minha vida,
havia apenas um par de pegadas na areia.
Notei também que isso aconteceu
nos momentos mais difíceis
e angustiantes da minha vida.
Isso aborreceu-me deveras
e perguntei então ao meu Senhor:
– Senhor, tu não me disseste que,
tendo eu resolvido te seguir,
tu andarias sempre comigo,
em todo o caminho?
Contudo, notei que durante
as maiores tribulações do meu viver,
havia apenas um par de pegadas na areia.
Não compreendo por que nas horas
em que eu mais necessitava de ti,
tu me deixaste sozinho.
O Senhor me respondeu:
– Meu querido filho.
Jamais te deixaria nas horas
de prova e de sofrimento.
Quando viste na areia,
apenas um par de pegadas,
eram as minhas.
Foi exactamente aí,
que te carreguei nos braços.
Saint Francis Assis
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.
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.