Saturday, January 30, 2016

Love

Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, it 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.

( from today's mass readings)

Saturday, January 16, 2016

To Each Individual the Manifestation of THE SPIRIT is Given for Some Benefit

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; 
there are different forms of service but the same Lord;
there are different workings but the same God
who produces all of them in everyone.
To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for some benefit.
To one is given through the Spirit the expression of WISDOM;
to another, the expression of KNOWLEDGE according to the
same Spirit;
to another, FAITH by the same Spirit;
to another, gifts of HEALING by the one Spirit;
to another, MIGHTY DEEDS;
to another, PROPHECY;
to another, DISCERNMENT of spirits;
to another, VARIETIES OF TONGUES;
to another, INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES.
But one and the same Spirit produces all of these,
distributing them individually to each person as he wishes.


(1 Cor 12: 4-11)