Wednesday, January 21, 2009

01/23 - Faith, Hope and Love

This week we are going to have special topic – Love. Fr. Marvin will give us a talk about Faith, Hope and Love in 1st Corinthians Chapter 13 (格林多前書).


"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:
God Bless.


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Friday, January 16, 2009

01/16 - Entering "The need for God's righteousness"

Dear Cornerstone Friends and Families,

Last week, Daniel started our new book Romans. He talked the first part of this book, Introduction 1:1-17. In this section we covered following:
  • Salutation 1:1-7

    1. The writer 1:1
    2. The subject of the epistle 1:2-5
    3. The original recipients 1:6-7

  • Purpose 1:8-15
  • Theme 1:16-17
This week we are starting to enter the second part of this book, The need for God's righteousness 1:18—3:20. We will start from "The need of all people" in Romans 1:18-32.
God bless.
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Monday, January 05, 2009

2009-01-09, Roman 1:1

Dear Cornerstone Friends and Families,

Happy New Year. Wish everyone had a good time during the winter break no matter you went anywhere or just stayed at home. Let's welcome this new year 2009 and our new study of God's words together....Here is our agenda for our first meeting in 2009.
God bless.
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