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DEUS CARITAS EST DEUS CARITAS EST DEUS CARITAS EST DEUS CARITAS EST DEUS CARITAS EST DEUS CARITAS EST INTRODUCTION The Heart of Christianity is Love (1) Learn by Heart “For God so loved the World,that He gave His Only Son,that whoever believes in Him,may not die, but may have eternal life.” Jn 3,26  “Jesus Christ loved us and gave his life for us; we too should lay down our lives for our brethren.”1 Jn 3,16 O God, dont let me die without having fully lived and fully loved. John Powell PART I: THE UNITY OF LOVE IN CREATION AND IN SALVATION HISTORY APPLICATION From your personal life, describe one experience of eros and of agape and explain the difference and unity Would you promote fashion parade, using female body for ads, free sex – gay marriage, premarital sex? spas, massage centres? What is Child Sexual Abuse?  What does purification of eros mean? APPLICATION Listen to the Story of the owner of ‘Hot-Pot’ What does the story tell you of God’s personal knowledge and love of you? Read about God’s love in Isaish 43, 1-8; 49, 15-17  Memorize:This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (1 Jn 4, 9) APPLICATION Read and Discuss the Story of Katie Do you agree that we simply cannot live without love and loving relationships? APPLICATION Greater love has no one than this,that he lay down his life for his friends. (Jn 15, 13) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom 5, 8) Part I in Summary Contemplation of God(Sacred heart of Jesus in the Bl. Sacrament) makes me one with Him.I become like him (Ps 34,5)I begin to have his mind (wisdom), his heart (love)  and thenI begin to “love one another as he loves”.Fruit of contemplation is compassion. Rom 5,5 PART II: CARITASTHE PRACTICE OF LOVE BY THE CHURCH AS A “COMMUNITY OF LOVE” APPLICATION What are the implications of the assertion: charity is “an indispen