{"id":17933,"date":"2016-11-08T01:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T06:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=17933"},"modified":"2016-09-27T05:18:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T10:18:07","slug":"love-requires-sacrifice-in-favor-of-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2016\/11\/08\/love-requires-sacrifice-in-favor-of-the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Requires Sacrifice in Favor of the Other"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worth a sacrifice when the fruit is guaranteed, because love requires sacrifice<\/h2>\n
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\"Amar<\/p>\n

Photo: File New Song<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Meditate the word of John 12.27 -32<\/p>\n

“<\/span>Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from heaven: I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The multitude therefore that stood and heard, said that it thundered. Others said: An angel spoke to him. Jesus answered, and said: This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself.”<\/strong> John 12:27-32 (DRBO)<\/p>\n

“It’s easier to build bridges than to raise walls.” <\/span>(Pope Francis)<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus is the great bridge that unites us to God, but this is not done without sacrifices. <\/span>Sometimes we think only we were disturbed, but those next to us are also bothered.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are suffering, impatient, but we forget that, in the heart of who is at our side, there are others that have the same concerns, or even worse things.<\/p>\n

We don’t notice that our Lord also faced times of disruption, and that this time it was recorded in the word, for us to learn what to do. <\/span>And what shall we say? <\/span>“Lord, RID me of this time” or “Lord, get rid of that responsibility? <\/span>If you came to this world to go through such a situation, if this is the challenge of our lives, why do we ask God to take us away from this opportunity to do his will? <\/span>No! <\/span>Let’s ask: “Father, glorify your name”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sacrifice comes at a price<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t ask God to get rid of the struggles if they are for our\u00a0growth, wisdom and salvation. What is the\u00a0<\/span>sacrifice worth if one doesn’t have to pay a price? It is w<\/span>orth a sacrifice when the fruit is guaranteed, because love requires sacrifice.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we make sacrifices for God, the fruit of the sacrifice is salvation.<\/p>\n

You want to be loved? <\/span>I give you a hint: without sacrifices we will never attract people to us or to God.<\/span>There’s no other way, we have to make sacrifices. <\/span>We will only be able to bring people together with\u00a0us when we are filled with God’s love. <\/span>Only love can bring us to say: “Father, glorify your name”.<\/span><\/p>\n

As temptation plagues us through the illusion, making us believe that we are no good! <\/span>That happens so that we do not glorify God in the reality of our life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love how the Lord loves us<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus touched the people who nobody wanted to go near, He was next to them. <\/span>When we come to it, that’s the first thing that makes us notice: the strength and depth that we love. <\/span>Did you know that God loves us to\u00a0the depth our being?<\/span><\/p>\n

This Word reveals that the cross is not the failure of love, but the perfection of it. <\/span>Jesus went up on the cross so that we could see His\u00a0open arms as a gesture of love. <\/span>The Holy Spirit and Divine Providence are building a marvelous work! <\/span>We’re not seeing it, but mercy is happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you suffering? <\/span>Despite this, be sure to love. <\/span>Cure hatred in an embrace of peace. <\/span>Remember that love requires sacrifice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love disarms violence. Love<\/span>\u00a0in a hug, to show that love heals the sin. To e<\/span>mbrace is to bring the other into the heart. <\/span>The arms of Jesus represent to us the love, they are arms that embrace without suffocating us.\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes, we get a love that’s coming up because it’s suffocating. <\/span>Without freedom there is no love.<\/span>Don’t make the person a dependent on you, because that is a disease. <\/span>An adult cannot rely on another person, because that dependency does not let a person be true to his or herself.<\/span><\/p>\n

To love you have to invest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who loves invests in and does not sabotage freedom. It does not imprison the other doesn’t make her or her dependent.<\/p>\n

If your House has love, your kids will never abandon it. <\/span>If your husband feels loved, he will never leave her. <\/span>He may even feel deceived by other women, because the beauty enchants the eyes, but the only way to keep him by your side is captivating him in love. <\/span>It’s always the lack of love that leads the person to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

When someone loves you, he subjects himself to the worst sufferings. <\/span>When we love, we become open to sacrifices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus endured all that we may understand that He is open to us. <\/span>Regardless of what we do, the heart is always open.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcio Mendes<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova\u00a0Community mission<\/strong><\/p>\n

Portuguese Transcription and adaptation: Leticia Barbosa<\/em><\/p>\n

Portuguese Version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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