Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile
here Until the Son of God appear
O come, Thou dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here
And drive away the shades of night
And pierce the clouds and bring us light
O come, desire of nations, bind
All people in one heart and mind
Bid envy strife and quarrels cease
Fill all the world with heaven’s peace
God’s Love and OursGod’s Love and Ours 77 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. God. 88 Whoever does not love does not know God, because Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. God is love. 99This is how God showed his love among us: He This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. through him. 1010 This is love: not that we loved God, but that This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. sins. 1111 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. love one another. 1212 No one has ever seen God; but if we love No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.us.
God’s Love and OursGod’s Love and Ours 77 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. knows God. 88 Whoever does not love does not know God, Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.because God is love. 99This is how God showed his love This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. we might live through him. 1010 This is love: not that we loved This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. sacrifice for our sins. 1111 Dear friends, since God so loved us, Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. we also ought to love one another. 1212 No one has ever seen No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.love is made complete in us.
33 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,others above yourselves,44 not looking to not looking to your own interests but each of you to the your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (Philippians 2:3-4)interests of the others. (Philippians 2:3-4)
A quick definition of love:
“Try to be Jesus’ love, Jesus’ compassion, Jesus’ presence to each other and to the Poor you serve.”
He is jealous for me, He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, Loves like a hurricane,
I am a tree, I am a tree, Bending beneath the Bending beneath the
weight of his wind and weight of his wind and mercy. mercy.
When all of a sudden, When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by afflictions eclipsed by
glory, glory,
And I realize just how And I realize just how beautiful You are, beautiful You are,
And how great Your And how great Your affections are for me. affections are for me.
And Oh, how He loves us, And Oh, how He loves us, Oh Oh
Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, How He loves us so How He loves us so
He is jealous for me, He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, Loves like a hurricane,
I am a tree, I am a tree, Bending beneath the Bending beneath the
weight of his wind and weight of his wind and mercy. mercy.
When all of a sudden, When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by afflictions eclipsed by
glory, glory,
And I realize just how And I realize just how beautiful You are, beautiful You are,
And how great Your And how great Your affections are for me. affections are for me.
Yea he loves us, Yea he loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves. Oh how He loves.
And we are His portion And we are His portion and He is our prize, and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes, the grace in His eyes,
If His grace is an ocean, If His grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking. we’re all sinking.
And heaven meets earth And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss, like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns And my heart turns violently inside of my violently inside of my
chest, chest, I don’t have time to I don’t have time to
maintain these regrets, maintain these regrets, When I think about, the When I think about, the
way… way…
And Oh, how He loves us, And Oh, how He loves us, Oh Oh
Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, How He loves us so How He loves us so
He loves us, He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves. Oh how He loves.
He loves us, He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves. Oh how He loves.
Your love, oh Lordreaches to the heavens
stretches to the skyYour faithfulness
Your love, oh Lordreaches to the heavens
stretches to the skyYour faithfulness
Your righteousnessis like the mighty
mountains
like the ocean’s tideYour justice flows
Your righteousnessis like the mighty
mountains
like the ocean’s tideYour justice flows
I will find my strength
In the shadow of your wings
I will find my strength
In the shadow of your wings
Your love, oh Lordreaches to the heavens
stretches to the skyYour faithfulness
Your love, oh Lordreaches to the heavens
stretches to the skyYour faithfulness
Your righteousnessis like the mighty
mountains
like the ocean’s tideYour justice flows
Your righteousnessis like the mighty
mountains
like the ocean’s tideYour justice flows
I will find my strength
In the shadow of your wings
I will find my strength
In the shadow of your wings