Revealing God’s Love
Explore the playlist below before your next small group meeting.
Read
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Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3; John 6:1-13; Matthew 22:37-40
Main Ideas:
An essential part of being a disciple of Christ is to be a witness of God’s love to the world; we need to love others how God loves us.
Throughout the history of the Church, saints and holy men and women have been profound witnesses to this love in radical and ordinary ways and the lives of Bl. Odoardo Focherini and St. Jane Francis de Chantal provide us with strong examples of how this call is lived out.
Loving others as Jesus loves us sometimes means making sacrifices, but the lives of the saints and holy men and women remind us that those sacrifices can always be met joyfully and bear fruit in this life and the next.
Watch
2.5 Minutes and 4 minutes
Listen
4 Minutes
Also check out this music playlist on Spotify: “ES - Made Known” (spotify:user:lifeteen)
Activity
10 Minutes
Secret Service
Supplies: paper and pen/pencil
What are some ways that others have sacrificed for you?
Think of ways that you can sacrifice for family or friends this week. They should be things you do out of love for them, not to get noticed or praised. Write them down and call it your “secret service” list.
Complete these small sacrifices during the week.
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Pray
5 Minutes
Lord, teach me to be generous;
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil, and not to seek for rest;
To labor, and not to ask for reward -
except to know that I am doing your will.
Solidarity
Stations of the Cross from Catholic Relief Services
Walk alongside Christ on the journey of his Passion and remember our brothers and sisters around the world who experience suffering and poverty each day.