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Rozellelily
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Does anyone have any Practical examples of Christian/Catholic love please such as something in the media or from personal experience?
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Trishie
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My sister and her husband raised their own children, and meanwhile adopted two handicapped childen, raised as their own and also homeschooled.
One adopted child was born with Downs Syndrome, the other adopted child is severely handicapped.
One of my brothers and his wife raised their own three but also adopted three handicapped children,one with severe issues and needed many surgeries to be able to eat and to hear.
One with another severe condition, one with Downs Synddrome.
They are also very involved, as a family, with liturgy of music, and with grief ans community support in their parish.
Another sster and her husband have become surrogate grandparents and parents to a couple who have no aetal relatives, even though they also have their own cherished children and grandchildren.
That sister also has received a govt award for services to the community.
My Dad though his profession had nothing to do with court, used to assist at his local courhtouse for anyone who had no support or guidance, and for his many services to the church and community also received an Australia Day medal.
Other siblings also are outstanding and generous Catholics contributing in thei particular fields
I think there is genuine Christian/Catholic witness amongst these good Catholics
One adopted child was born with Downs Syndrome, the other adopted child is severely handicapped.
One of my brothers and his wife raised their own three but also adopted three handicapped children,one with severe issues and needed many surgeries to be able to eat and to hear.
One with another severe condition, one with Downs Synddrome.
They are also very involved, as a family, with liturgy of music, and with grief ans community support in their parish.
Another sster and her husband have become surrogate grandparents and parents to a couple who have no aetal relatives, even though they also have their own cherished children and grandchildren.
That sister also has received a govt award for services to the community.
My Dad though his profession had nothing to do with court, used to assist at his local courhtouse for anyone who had no support or guidance, and for his many services to the church and community also received an Australia Day medal.
Other siblings also are outstanding and generous Catholics contributing in thei particular fields
I think there is genuine Christian/Catholic witness amongst these good Catholics
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ChunkMonk
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When I was a kid we used to go visit old people in the old-folks home. They usually seemed happy to see us. For some one looking for some good deed to perform, that might be a good one.
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Trishie
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That’s so lovely, thank you. God bless your warm spontaneous heart!
But there wasn’t a single word about anything of mine there!
… Just basking in the love in my siblings!
Because yes, how many unknown instances are there of extraordinary Christian love are out there!?
But there wasn’t a single word about anything of mine there!
… Just basking in the love in my siblings!
Because yes, how many unknown instances are there of extraordinary Christian love are out there!?
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adgloriam
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That’s amazing Trishie, beyond words…
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adgloriam
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Well, modesty not withstanding, I tutored a boy and a girl, one in middle school the other in college, for a few years, they were both sure to drop out without my intervention…One is about to graduate with a masters in physics, and the other is sure to finish high school. I never charged them for anything.
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Second sister and I regularly visited all the aged homes in the area.
We’d give each person a flower and spend a little time with each.
Even some of the old men would be touched by receiving a flower…ever tears in ther eyes.
We were bright and friendly and cared.
The first time day we brought a big bunch of chrysanthemums.
When we came to a thin lady who was curled in a fetal position, the staff said not to bother giving her a flower, she was deaf, blind, and all she did each day was pick her nose…
Nevertheless I put a flower in her hand.
She brought it to her nose and said, “Chrysanthemum”
It’s not the easiest word to say but she said it clearly.
It was a remender to never forget that people who cannot communicate or have lost all interest in doing so, are there, are conscious, and need love.
THe nursing home near where I used to live…I’d go every week, and go into the morning room and go from chair to chair, giving time to each.
One lady had a terrible reputation. The staff said she would spit at them and scratch them, and didn’t like anyone.
For some strange reason I was exempt. I remember her trusting enough to confide, “It is so lonely when you are old and have your mother and father are dead”.
What that clearly said, is “I need real love from people of my own who love me because they love me, not because they have to care for me” No matter how old, this is our human need.
One morning I came in, and had spoken to a few before I got to her…kind of high chair because each chair had a tray. She grabbed hold of one arm with one hand, and looked at me. She had a couple of piketlet/pancakes on her plate, one half eaten. She began to choke so I immediately hooked as much of the pancake out as I could as she looked up into my face. It was like a mother might with her child, but in a short instant her face turned black and she was gone, the staff later said she’d been in the throes of a heart attack. I alerted the staff and they quickly carried her out in the chair.
I wasn’t upset or horrified, just happy I could be the missing mother in her last instants of life on earth, and for her that she had with her the only person she liked left in the world. Anna was her name.
Sometimes, when we put ourselves in a position where we are there simply to help, simply to be there for people, or a particular person, God might choose to give that person (or people) something He has been longing to give His love to, His comfort to, in whatever bleakness that person may be living through.
So I thank God for those ccasions that He’s let me be there as His love for someone.
We’d give each person a flower and spend a little time with each.
Even some of the old men would be touched by receiving a flower…ever tears in ther eyes.
We were bright and friendly and cared.
The first time day we brought a big bunch of chrysanthemums.
When we came to a thin lady who was curled in a fetal position, the staff said not to bother giving her a flower, she was deaf, blind, and all she did each day was pick her nose…
Nevertheless I put a flower in her hand.
She brought it to her nose and said, “Chrysanthemum”
It’s not the easiest word to say but she said it clearly.
It was a remender to never forget that people who cannot communicate or have lost all interest in doing so, are there, are conscious, and need love.
THe nursing home near where I used to live…I’d go every week, and go into the morning room and go from chair to chair, giving time to each.
One lady had a terrible reputation. The staff said she would spit at them and scratch them, and didn’t like anyone.
For some strange reason I was exempt. I remember her trusting enough to confide, “It is so lonely when you are old and have your mother and father are dead”.
What that clearly said, is “I need real love from people of my own who love me because they love me, not because they have to care for me” No matter how old, this is our human need.
One morning I came in, and had spoken to a few before I got to her…kind of high chair because each chair had a tray. She grabbed hold of one arm with one hand, and looked at me. She had a couple of piketlet/pancakes on her plate, one half eaten. She began to choke so I immediately hooked as much of the pancake out as I could as she looked up into my face. It was like a mother might with her child, but in a short instant her face turned black and she was gone, the staff later said she’d been in the throes of a heart attack. I alerted the staff and they quickly carried her out in the chair.
I wasn’t upset or horrified, just happy I could be the missing mother in her last instants of life on earth, and for her that she had with her the only person she liked left in the world. Anna was her name.
Sometimes, when we put ourselves in a position where we are there simply to help, simply to be there for people, or a particular person, God might choose to give that person (or people) something He has been longing to give His love to, His comfort to, in whatever bleakness that person may be living through.
So I thank God for those ccasions that He’s let me be there as His love for someone.
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CatholicSpirit
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The prayer warrior dedication on this forum and elsewhere. Mother Theresa left a strong modern series of humanitarian efforts. Saint Pope John Paul II may have prevented nuclear battles with dialogue in the East. Colorado Springs, USA at Saint Mary Cathedral has a soup kitchen M-F for the needy and some would die hungry (I would have) if not used. It is just really incredible what many dedicated Catholics do. Catholic Charities is sometimes controversial but they have a website to see their offerings. We have almost 100% volunteer religious education for adolescents and children on Sundays teaching them about God. And just when you thought there wasn’t much left to say, Pope Francis wrote a small book that was written so plainly and simple but yet, so deeply inspiring. To know he exists is just a blessing that he would write what I wanted to but have trouble due to illnesses. Knowing we have that spiritual connection is just really a sign of spiritual love (to me). And his predecessor Pope Benedict has humility on a scale many in modern times have yet to discover or understand.
I say some silly things in other posts at times, but this is a pretty authentic one that I am actually glad to say I wrote for once, lol
Acts of love from me personally? Prayer warrior(ing), requesting prayer for those in need. Helping others in their challenges through faith in things I struggled with personally. Engaging others with a strong belief in Confession and seeing people smile happily in knowing they are not burdened with temptations in life. Sharing passages online with people I know and seeing them identify with scripture. Bringing people to Jesus Christ and the Church is really an act of love when you take time to do it when many don’t or won’t.
I say some silly things in other posts at times, but this is a pretty authentic one that I am actually glad to say I wrote for once, lol
Acts of love from me personally? Prayer warrior(ing), requesting prayer for those in need. Helping others in their challenges through faith in things I struggled with personally. Engaging others with a strong belief in Confession and seeing people smile happily in knowing they are not burdened with temptations in life. Sharing passages online with people I know and seeing them identify with scripture. Bringing people to Jesus Christ and the Church is really an act of love when you take time to do it when many don’t or won’t.
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Trishie
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Dear adgloriam, God bless you for changing the lives of this boy and this girl.
To tutor then requires not a one-off effort, but an on-going generosity of time and effort.
You have changed not only their lives and futures, but also the lives of their descendents.
You have created a ripple effect that will continue in the lives of those you helped to prepare them to serve and benefit during their lives and beyond.
To tutor then requires not a one-off effort, but an on-going generosity of time and effort.
You have changed not only their lives and futures, but also the lives of their descendents.
You have created a ripple effect that will continue in the lives of those you helped to prepare them to serve and benefit during their lives and beyond.
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adgloriam
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I had never thought about it like that…
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CatholicSpirit
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Trishie gets an I LOVE YOU x2 now 
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Trishie
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Well, maybe God wanted you to hear that today, so you’d have some idea of how much He appreciates your tutoring those children.
We know the beautiful things Jesus said regarding children,
and we know that Jesus also said, when explaining the basis upon which He judges souls as welcome in heaven (Matthew 25:40
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Thus what you did was both from Him and for Him.
We know the beautiful things Jesus said regarding children,
and we know that Jesus also said, when explaining the basis upon which He judges souls as welcome in heaven (Matthew 25:40
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Thus what you did was both from Him and for Him.
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You expressed this so beautifully, CatholicSpirit, the broader spectrum, of the many things both saintly and ordinary Catholics work to achieve in our world, and in our spheres of influence. Thank you.
Your paragraph regarding your contribution as a prayer warrior though we have lost that designation, is the best expression that I have encountered, of what we try to do in this forum, of what you personally seek to do, and we other faithful members also seek to do.
Sometimes people can put into words what is true but others might not be able to say. You have.
I am so uplifted by the love and inspiration of my fellow posters in this thread. I think it’s my favorite of the year. I’m so please to have met you folk, and look forward to meeting you in heaven
Your paragraph regarding your contribution as a prayer warrior though we have lost that designation, is the best expression that I have encountered, of what we try to do in this forum, of what you personally seek to do, and we other faithful members also seek to do.
Sometimes people can put into words what is true but others might not be able to say. You have.
I am so uplifted by the love and inspiration of my fellow posters in this thread. I think it’s my favorite of the year. I’m so please to have met you folk, and look forward to meeting you in heaven
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You posts changed me Trishie, it’s so easy to loose focus on whats important. Thank you.
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Trishie
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Thank you so much adgloriam. I think this might be a Christmas gift to each of us from God.
He had things He wanted said to whoever might read the thread, but also personally beween we posters.
People don’t always give Him the chance to share such insights and love.
Rozellelily thank you for the gift of starting this thread as a beautiful Christmas sharing
He had things He wanted said to whoever might read the thread, but also personally beween we posters.
People don’t always give Him the chance to share such insights and love.
Rozellelily thank you for the gift of starting this thread as a beautiful Christmas sharing
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Rozellelily
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And Thankyou to you for inspiring me.
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Rozellelily
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Merry Christmas to everyone.
Tis_Bearself
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I just got done watching two documentaries on Eric Liddell. He was the Scottish Olympic champion runner whose story (slightly fictionalized) was told in “Chariots of Fire”. He was the son of Scots Presbyterian missionaries in China. After completing his schooling and becoming an Olympic champion, instead of just enjoying his status as a big celebrity, he went back to China and worked as a chemistry teacher and school administrator in a school for Chinese boys. He also taught them sports and organized sporting events, resulting in one of his students becoming China’s first Olympic athlete. Along the way he was married and had several daughters and was a loving husband and dad. Everybody, including his colleagues, students, and family, really loved him and spoke of his deep commitment to his faith and also his willingness to always be helping others.
When World War II arrived, Liddell’s wife and children left for Canada, expecting him to join them later, but he stayed behind to help with some mission work and ended up with a lot of other missionaries, Catholic priests and nuns, and foreign nationals, including many teenagers, in a Japanese prison camp in occupied China. There, he spent a lot of time helping people who needed help. For example, if an elderly or sick person could not go stand in line to get the coal dust needed to operate a furnace, he would go stand in line. When some businessmen got a special shipment of eggs, they were going to eat them all themselves, but Eric convinced them to share with everyone else in camp because food was scarce. He taught the teens in the camp chemistry, using a textbook he wrote himself from memory because they had no texts or materials. One of his students has the book and it’s incredibly detailed. He also taught them sports and helped get equipment and put on sporting events in order to give them all something to do. Unfortunately, right before the end of the war he suddenly died in the camp of a brain tumor.
His wife and daughters were very sad that they had not been reunited with him before his death, but years later his daughter met a lot of the teenagers who had been in the camp and they all talked about what a great positive effect Eric had on their lives. Some of them developed a deep commitment to Christianity from his influence.
If the Catholic Church canonized Protestants, I think Eric Liddell should be a saint because he spent his whole life caring about others when he could have very easily just used his fame to live a much more self-centered life.
When World War II arrived, Liddell’s wife and children left for Canada, expecting him to join them later, but he stayed behind to help with some mission work and ended up with a lot of other missionaries, Catholic priests and nuns, and foreign nationals, including many teenagers, in a Japanese prison camp in occupied China. There, he spent a lot of time helping people who needed help. For example, if an elderly or sick person could not go stand in line to get the coal dust needed to operate a furnace, he would go stand in line. When some businessmen got a special shipment of eggs, they were going to eat them all themselves, but Eric convinced them to share with everyone else in camp because food was scarce. He taught the teens in the camp chemistry, using a textbook he wrote himself from memory because they had no texts or materials. One of his students has the book and it’s incredibly detailed. He also taught them sports and helped get equipment and put on sporting events in order to give them all something to do. Unfortunately, right before the end of the war he suddenly died in the camp of a brain tumor.
His wife and daughters were very sad that they had not been reunited with him before his death, but years later his daughter met a lot of the teenagers who had been in the camp and they all talked about what a great positive effect Eric had on their lives. Some of them developed a deep commitment to Christianity from his influence.
If the Catholic Church canonized Protestants, I think Eric Liddell should be a saint because he spent his whole life caring about others when he could have very easily just used his fame to live a much more self-centered life.
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