Catholic Wisdom on Faith, Hope, and Love

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“ ‘Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good’ ”

LOVE ROMANS 12:9

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ LOVE There is no other commandment greater than these.”

MARK 12:30-31

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all

LOVE things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.

1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love. LOVE 1 JOHN 4:18

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LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE even thesmallestthingsoutof great love -love, andalways love. (140) Pure love ...knows that only onethingisneeded toplease God:todo “Lord, grant notsomuchseek tobeloved that Imight astolove.” “The proof of love“The isintheworks. love exists, it Where works great things.But whenit ceases toact, it ceases toexist.” everyone by wholoves Godandknows isbegotten God. Beloved, let uslove oneanother, because love isof God; fear! Donotbeafraid, then, whenlove makes demands. “There isnoplace for selfishness—andnoplace “There for Do notbeafraid whenlove requires sacrifice” “We cannot alldogreat things,butwe can ST. MOTHER TERESAOF CALCUTTA do smallthingswith great love” POPE ST. GREGORY THEGREAT POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II ST. OF ASSISI FRANCIS ST. FAUSTINA 1 JOHN 4:7 © SOPHIA INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS Unit

8,lesson 6 FAITH FAITH FAITH FAITH FAITH FAITH seed, you willsay tothismountain, ‘Move from here tothere,’ Amen, Isay toyou, ifyou have faith thesize of amustard In allcircumstances, holdfaith asashield,toquench For by grace you have been saved faith, and through and it willmove. Nothing willbeimpossiblefor you.” “Faith istobelieve what you donotsee; thereward Faith istherealization of what ishoped for this is not from you; it is the gift of God. this isnotfrom you; it isthegift of thisfaith istosee what you believe.” all [the] flamingarrows of the evil one. [F]or we walk by faith, notby sight. and evidence of thingsnotseen. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 MATTHEW 17:20B EPHESIANS 6:16 ST. AUGUSTINE EPHESIANS 2:8 HEBREWS 11:1 511 512

HOPE FAITH FAITH FAITH FAITH God who gives us the victory through ourLord Jesus through Christ.Therefore, us thevictory God whogives “Be faithful insmallthingsbecause it isinthem that your strength lies.” sting of death issin,andthepower of sinisthelaw. But thanksbeto Where, O death, is your victory? Where, Odeath, The Odeath, isyour Where, isyour sting? Where, victory? work of theLord, knowing that intheLord your laborisnotinvain. my beloved brothers, befirm,steadfast, always fully devoted tothe “To onewhohasfaith, noexplanation isnecessary. To Where there ishatred,Where let mesow there love. Where “I believe though Idonotcomprehend, andIhold “I believe though one without faith, noexplanation ispossible.” is injury, there isdoubt,faith. pardon. Where by faith what Icannot grasp with themind.” ST. MOTHER TERESAOF CALCUTTA 1 CORINTHIANS 15:55-58 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ST. ASSISI FRANCIS ST. BERNARD © SOPHIA INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS Unit

8,lesson 6 HOPE HOPE HOPE HOPE ”We musthaveWho iswhat confidence inGod, He always hasbeen, and we because mustnotbedisheartened thingsturnoutcontrary tous.” ”When we findourselves insomedanger,”When we mustnotlose courage, but confide muchintheLord; for where dangerisgreat, great also is the assistance of Him Who iscalledis theassistance ourHelper of Him Who intribulation.” Then Joshua saidtothem,“Donotbeafraid ordismayed, be firmandsteadfast. Thisiswhat the LORD willdo Rather theLORD takes pleasure in thosewhofear him, thosewhoputtheirhopeinhismercy. to alltheenemiesagainstwhomyou fight.” ST. PHILIP NERI JOSHUA 10:25 ST. AMBROSE PSALM 147:11 513