Your Turn To Love From www.tommyswindow.com Do you have parents, grandparents, or other loved ones who are suffering from any of the long-term troubles that occur naturally in old age? Here are five ways that you can return their love and support: 1. Empathize Put yourself in their place          You may think you have problems, but if … Continue reading Your Turn To Love From www.tommyswindow.com

You did it to Me when we love our difficult family members by Mother Teresa On the Cross Jesus cried out:      “I thirst” (John 19:28) He could have easily said:      “I pain”      “I suffer”      “I fear”      “I am terrified”      “I am terrorised” “I am alone” Jesus also cried out: … Continue reading You did it to Me when we love our difficult family members by Mother Teresa

You are a Beloved Child of God by Henri Nouwen in YouTube 1.      Henri Nouwen Being the Beloved sermon 1 of 8 (in 9 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFWfYpd0F18 2.      Henri Nouwen Being the Beloved sermon 2 of 8 (in 9 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AAHT4l3jVY 3.      Henri Nouwen Being the Beloved sermon 3 of 8 (in 8 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dB4DsEQr4Q 4.      Henri Nouwen Being the … Continue reading You are a Beloved Child of God by Henri Nouwen in YouTube

What makes celibacy a way to love Father Warren Sazama? By Father Warren Sazama, SJ (CatholicNews---Sunday April 13, 2008)         www.catholic.org.sg Loving celibately frees one I to love more broadly without worrying about neglecting one's spouse and children. I BLANCH WHEN I hear people say to me almost breathlessly, "Oh, Father, you priests make such sacrifices!" I … Continue reading What makes celibacy a way to love Father Warren Sazama?

        What Love Does by Elisabeth Elliot All the passages below are taken from Elisabeth Elliot’s book “Secure in the Everlasting Arms,” published in 2002. Everything is an affair of the spirit. If eating and drinking can be done "to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31, KJV) so can everything else. For those who long to follow … Continue reading What Love Does by Elisabeth Elliot

What Love does All the Time by Albert Joseph Mary Shamon The passages below are taken from the book, “Our Lady says: Love People” by Rev. Albert Joseph Mary Shamon. “Love is always patient and kind;  1ove is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited, it is never rude and never seeks its own advantage, it … Continue reading What Love does All the Time by Albert Joseph Mary Shamon

   What is Not Love by Albert Joseph Mary Shamon      Unfortunately, we have been trained NOT to love. How so? We have superiors or supervisors who in their word or action: Abuse usBully usAre contemptuous of usUse us despitefullyEnvy usHurt usMalign usPersecute usSpiteful to usShout at usThreaten usWound us      They justify their behaviour by saying … Continue reading What is Not Love by Albert Joseph Mary Shamon

We love because God first loved us by Henri Nouwen In the arena of life, we are surrounded by: MaterialismCompetitionStressDifficulties We don’t have the luxury: To isolate ourselvesTo opt out of the competitionTo give up  In the midst of such an environment, what sort of spirit have we developed within our souls? Is it a … Continue reading We love because God first loved us by Henri Nouwen

There is nothing I can do to Earn More of Gods love by Charles Stanley The following quotations are from Charles Stanley’s book, “The Reason for my Hope,” published in 1997 by Thomas Nelson Publishers.      When Tom came to my office, he was the picture of dejection and discouragement. His shoulders were slumped over; his … Continue reading There is nothing I can do to Earn More of Gods love by Charles Stanley

The Struggle To Love By Father Ronald Rolheiser (CatholicNews---Sunday September 28, 2008)      www.catholic.org.sg AFTER HIS WIFE died, Jacques Maritain published her journals. In the preface to that book, Raissa's Journal, he talks about her death, brought on by, a stroke, and then gives this commentary: "But there is still something else, which is not easy to … Continue reading The Struggle To Love By Father Ronald Rolheiser

  The OCEAN OF DIVINE LOVE by Octavius Winslow The love of God to His people was as eternal as the eternity of His being, as everlasting as His uncreated nature. “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” It panted, it yearned for an outlet. It sought and found it in Christ. Nowhere in the heavens above, or in … Continue reading The OCEAN OF DIVINE LOVE by Octavius Winslow

          THE LOVE OF GOD TO HIS PEOPLE by Spurgeon! from Spurgeon’s sermon, “DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP” Quietly study the depth of the love of God to you His people. He has loved you without a cause. The grace of God is deeper than the depths of our sin, higher than the heights of our rebellion, broader and longer than the breadths … Continue reading THE LOVE OF GOD TO HIS PEOPLE by Spurgeon!

        The Little Way by St Therese of Lisieux All the passages below are taken from the book by Patrick Ahern, “Maurice & Therese---The story of a Love,” published in 1998. Therese lost no time in answering Maurice's letter of April 17, and her lengthy reply marked a new stage in her relationship with him. It was in … Continue reading The Little Way by St Therese of Lisieux

           The Lesson of Love by J R Miller J. R. Miller, 1903 http://www.gracegems.org/Miller/BOOKS.htm PREFACE To learn how to love—is to learn how to live. The lesson is a long one—but it is the great business of life to master it. The Master not only taught the lesson in words—but also set it down for us in a … Continue reading The Lesson of Love by J R Miller

                The Lesson of Love by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler All the passages below are taken from the book “Life Lessons” by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler. It was published in 2000. Love, that thing we have great difficulty even describing, is the only truly real and lasting experience of life. It is the opposite … Continue reading The Lesson of Love by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

The Key to Loving By Dr Charles Stanley  Until we have genuine feelings of belonging, competency, and self-worth we cannot begin to address the other emotional needs that we feel in our lives. These are the bottom line when it comes to emotional neediness, especially the need for worthiness. Until that level of neediness is met, … Continue reading The Key to Loving By Dr Charles Stanley

THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD IS LOVE by Henry Drummond      Henry Drummond 1884  www.sermonindex.net  has over 20,000 TEXT sermons and articles and 15,000 AUDIO sermons and 25,000 VIDEO clips.    “THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I … Continue reading THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD IS LOVE by Henry Drummond

    THE EFFECTS OF WANT OF LOVE By Fulton J Sheen All the passages below are taken from Fulton J Sheen’s book “Way To Happiness.” Most people in the world are unloved. Some do not make themselves lovable because of their selfishness; others do not have enough Christian spirit to love those who do not love them. … Continue reading THE EFFECTS OF WANT OF LOVE By Fulton J Sheen

The Choice to Love or not to Love by Max Lucado The passages below are taken from Max Lucado’s book “In the Eye of the Storm,” published in 1991. “WHY DO I WANT TO DO BAD?” my daughter asked me, unknowingly posing a question asked by many seekers of truth. “Why do I do the … Continue reading The Choice to Love or not to Love by Max Lucado

The Central Effort of Love is Communication by John Powell and Loretta Brady All the passages below are taken from John Powell and Loretta Brady’s book “Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?” published in 1985. God has always been big on what is called "petitionary prayer." Augustine once called petitionary prayer "our greatest strength and … Continue reading The Central Effort of Love is Communication by John Powell and Loretta Brady