Love

13:1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

13:5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 13:6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

How to love your neighbor

1.

Respect everyone - Christ lives in everyone.
Be sensitive to others - they are your brothers and sisters.

2.

Think well of everyone - think ill of no one.
Try to find something good even in the worst circumstances.

3.

Always speak well of others - do not cast a slur on anyone.
Repair any harm resulting from an uttered word.
Do not provoke strife between people.

4.

Speak to everyone in the language of love.
Do not raise your voice. Do not swear.
Do not vex others. Do not provoke tears.
Reassure others. Show a kind heart.

5.

Forgive everyone everything. Do not hold grudges.
Always be the first to extend your hand as a sign of reconciliation.

6.

Act always to your neighbour's advantage.
Do good things to others, as you would like them done to you.
Never give a thought to what others owe you, but always to what you owe them.

7.

Be actively compassionate in times of suffering.
Be quick to offer consolation, council, assistance, and kindness.

8.

Work conscientiously - others benefit from the fruits of your labour.
just as you benefit from the labour of others.

9.

Be active in your community.
Be open to the poor and the sick. Share your goods.
Try to see the needs of those around you.

10.

Pray for everyone, even your enemies.

Cardinal
Stefan Wyszyński

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