"If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. 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 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. For we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
We believe these three, faith, hope and love, are not new to us. Actually we knew them ages already, even we can sing this song, but what do they mean to our today’s life, our family, our community, our country, or even our world. We may need to rediscover them for applying them to our today’s situation. They are not limited only within Catholics, but also should be widely shared with anybody in the world. Please feel free to invite your friends even who are not Catholics to join our study.
Here is our meeting information:
- Lead: Fr. Marvin will lead
- Snacks: Vincent will bring snacks
- Date/Time: 2009-01-23 (Friday) 7:30 pm ~ 9:30 pm
- Location: St. Joseph of Cupertino School (Art classroom)
- Address: 10110 N. De Anza Blvd., Cupertino CA.
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- 7:30 - 8:00pm - Children sing along praise and worship session. Please arrive promptly
- Our 2009 Q1 Schedule: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pZoGJjNOFo7bgMvjXKkgxGw Please sing-up for study lead.
- Our group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CornerstoneCBS/