Presented two saints from YouTube that had to do with Human Dignity (continue from last week):
St. M. Kolbe and St. P. Claver
St. Kolbe: (John 15:1-17) "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." (John 15:13) St. Kolbe laid down his life for another.
St. Claver: Gave his life to God, Christ, and the slaves. "And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’" (Matthew 25:31-46)
Let the students in on my plan for the class:
From 1 Corr 12:26 - 13
"So faith, hope, love remain, these three;h but the greatest of these is love."
I started out with faith, touched on hope (what do you hope for exercise), will end with love (actually, love is all throughout since God is Love).
The Bible verses above (all or most of the New Testament) was originally written in Greek. In Greek, 4 words for Love:
1. Phileo (between family/friends; Philadelphia=City of Brotherly Love)
2. Eros (romantic love)
3. Agape (Self-sacrificing love, purely for the good of the other)
4. (I forgot this one) Storge (Affection, less than Phileo as I understand)
In the 1 Corr 12-13, Love = Agape. Christ's love for the Church.
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Next year, the Pope has called for the "Year of Faith". I used this as a handout.
We watched listen to Fr. Barron who talks to many people, esp. Atheists on Youtube who daily attack faith as superstition. He addresses them in the following video which I showed.
Path to faith:
1. Find out facts (Google search)
2. Meet person, talk to them. (Bible, Church, etc)
3. Trust what they say about themselves when they speak in 2. (Faith).
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