Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): St.
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Continuing from question 1:
It seems like a simple and straightforward idea that we should love our neighbor.
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Welcome
Lisa C: Hi Mother
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Hi Lisa!
Lisa C: Happy Columbus Day weekend
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): No one else has shown up yet but it is 730 should we start
Lisa C: OK
Lisa C: Hi Carol Ann
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): St.
Carol Ann: Good.
Lisa C: I wonder what the original Greek word for important was
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Working from home?
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): don’
Lisa C: Looking at other translations
Lisa C: 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
Lisa C: That translation is better I think
Lisa C: NIV
Carol Ann: Yes,
Lisa C: value others above yourself=
Carol Ann: I think if we all regarded others as more important than ourselves,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Do we truly do that?
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Low self esteem may lead to that but that is not a healthy basis
Lisa C: Living in NYC,
Lisa C: How could we focus on everyone
Carol Ann: It is hard,
Lisa C: In smaller places it is more possible
Carol Ann: Sometimes it is easier to do the loving act to the anonymous stranger we will never see again than to someone we see every day
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): One on one tho it can be approached
Lisa C: Just thinking how society would lose all of its structure if everyone did it all the time
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Too grand a thought for me
Lisa C: What would it be like?
Lisa C: Sort of like a Monastery
Lisa C: Maybe Heaven
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I can see it that way
Carol Ann: Well,
Lisa C: Just think no Army,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Utopia
Lisa C: No sin
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): new heavens and a new earth
Lisa C: Israel in the promised land
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): It will happen,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I am trying to think how I do or do not live this
Lisa C: The New Jerusalem
Carol Ann: That is promised at the Second Coming.
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): It isa struggle!
Lisa C: We need Blessed Mother to step on Satan
Carol Ann: That always helps!
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): We need daily prayer to Her for growing in virtue
Lisa C: Yes
Lisa C: She makes it easier for us to accept grace
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Grace is a phenomenal gift
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): We have to accept it
Carol Ann: Because it is fun and inspiring to dream of,
Lisa C: Not everyone wants to
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): It will be so different Carol,
Lisa C: I meant not everyone wants to accept grace
Carol Ann: It is like the readings where we are told we cannot even begin to imagine what waits for us in heaven
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Think of that whenever we struggle
Carol Ann: That will certainly put struggles in perspective!
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I find it hard to be self emptying if I have to guide someone else in a difficult area
Carol Ann: or in relationships that are not reciprocal
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): when someone is annoying me
Lisa C: Yes,
Carol Ann: or to receive sometimes
Lisa C: We have to force ourselves to deal with difficulty
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Growth is in bits
Carol Ann: Speaking of praying to Mary,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): In the larger sense of our world we see both lack of love in the news and then the surprising stories of gtrat heroic love of others
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Yes I did see that Astounding
Lisa C: Thinking about St.
Lisa C: Yes,
Lisa C: It is very hard to be with people who are dying,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): yes or those who are suffering in any way
Lisa C: I think that with smaller things than dying,
Carol Ann: On a practical level,
Lisa C: Pray
Lisa C: Ask God for help
Lisa C: I am not sure we always need to feel emotions of love to be loving
Lisa C: Emotions of love are just for God and people we are very close to
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Sorry I had to step away Back now
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Love is an act of the will
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): and so is resisting inappropriate types of love
Carol Ann: ie:
Lisa C: Isn’
Lisa C: Isn’
Carol Ann: of course He is,
Lisa C: Yes,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): True but we can pray for the other to receive the grace
Lisa C: The Holy Spirt acts through us and helps the other person who does not know God so well
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I have a former student who I am praying for-
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): He uses all things to bring people closer to Him
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): So is love radical?
Carol Ann: yes
Lisa C: Not sure what that means
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): The last question,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): It seems like a simple and straightforward idea that we should love our neighbor.
Carol Ann: because there are cultural norms in every group and generation that dictates much of what we do.
Lisa C: It seems obvious if we are connected to God,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Can someone else tell us if we are loving our neighbor then
Lisa C: God can
Lisa C: God knows our hearts
Carol Ann: maybe a neighbor could,
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I have always found it hard to know if I am truly loving someone
Carol Ann: we can only do our best,
Lisa C: Maybe unless we are God,
Lisa C: If we focus on how well we are loving,
Lisa C: Am I loving someone vs.
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): good point-
Lisa C: Do not worry about how well you are doing as much as how the other person is doing.
Carol Ann: sometimes loving is giving what the person needs and not what they want
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Long way to go!
Lisa C: Thank God we have Him
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Yes and He does all for us
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I guess we have drawn out as much as we can tonite of this topic Anything else you want to mention
Carol Ann: I think we are all onto the portion where we live what we have talked about
Carol Ann: I hope everyone else is back next week.
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I know-
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Hope all are ok
Carol Ann: Is there bad weather back East?
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Rained alot
Carol Ann: maybe the weather made internet spotty
Lisa C: MD just drizzels
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): I can e mail Ruth and Dawn tomorrow maybe it is the holiday or they are tired of the topic
Carol Ann: I always forget when secular holidays are.
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): we have recreation days so it is different for us
RuthGuest9975 (Guest): Just a quick “
Lisa C: Hi Ruth
Carol Ann: Ruth!
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Hi Missed you!
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Have to go God bless!
RuthGuest9975 (Guest): It’
Carol Ann: It is good you are here
Carol Ann: God Bless you Sister!
Lisa C: God Bless
RuthGuest9975 (Guest): Keeping all of you in my prayers.
Carol Ann: I will!
Lisa C: Yes