What does it mean that the heart is the “seat of love”?Why is it important to think of love as a way of life (actions and choices) instead of a feeling?How can we show love by our actions?How can we make sure our hearts are rooted in God’s love?Why is it important to emphasize that love and devotion need to radiate beyond ourselves through mission, evangelization, and works of mercy?Why do you think this encyclical was released at this time in history? Why an encyclical, and not an apostolic letter?
What does it mean that the heart is the “seat of love”
Nov 10, 4:34 PM
Simone (Guest): so – the heart is the seat of love… we had a bit of this conversation last week already…
Nov 10, 4:34 PM
SrSusan (Guest): yes maybe it is too repetitious?
Nov 10, 4:35 PM
SrSusan (Guest): but it is a fact that most all peoples identify the heart with love
Nov 10, 4:35 PM
Simone (Guest): the heart is where the will also resides.. and so.. my point was last week.. that love is linked with our will
ov 10, 4:35 PMSimone (Guest): not just emotions
Nov 10, 4:35 PMSimone (Guest): love is something that goes out of us..
Nov 10, 4:35 PM
Simone (Guest): remember Teresita.. we read about the “ecstatic love”… the love that spills over.. away from us
Nov 10, 4:35 PM
SrSusan (Guest): it is a choice to love
Nov 10, 4:36 PM
Teresita (Guest): We were talking this past week about how choosing a “good” or bad love is key..yes
Nov 10, 4:36 PM
Simone (Guest): It truly is a choice to love
Nov 10, 4:36 PM
Simone (Guest): oh.. and here is Ruth!
Nov 10, 4:37 PM
SrSusan (Guest): But often one must have expeerienced love to understand it at least that is what a friend of mine was telling me
Nov 10, 4:37 PM
Nov 10, 4:38 PM
SrSusan (Guest): to have been loved first is a reality with God’s love, but on a human level sometimes certain ones have not been truly loved
Nov 10, 4:38 PM
Simone (Guest): I think – love can be even scary in a way – when one has never experienced it. That said.. I think by human nature we are inclined to lean into love when it presents itself
ov 10, 4:39 PMSimone (Guest): one of my most favourite verses is ‘ We love because He has loved us first”
ov 10, 4:39 PM
Simone (Guest): For some reason I did not understand this verse for so many years.. but now .. it has become one of my favourite
Nov 10, 4:39 PM
Teresita (Guest): Yes, but since we are LOVe because created by God Who is Love, we are inclined to LOVE, right?
Nov 10, 4:39 PM
Simone (Guest): yes Teresita.. that’s exactly how I see it too
Nov 10, 4:39 PM
SrSusan (Guest): yes I think so
Nov 10, 4:40 PM
Teresita (Guest): However, due to sin, we don’t always choose the better love
Nov 10, 4:40 PM
Simone (Guest): yes.. so sad
Nov 10, 4:40 PMSimone (Guest): but because we are made in HIS IMAGE — we are able to “understand” His love deep in our hearts
ov 10, 4:41 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q Why is it important to think of love as a way of life (actions and choices) instead of a feeling?
Nov 10, 4:42 PMSrSusan (Guest): Jesus is the Way and He is Love
Nov 10, 4:42 PMSimone (Guest): actions and choices founded on love – are leading away from us – we are becoming LOVE for the other… love based on feelings often leads just back to us
Nov 10, 4:42 PMElaine (Guest): Feelings change but actions and choices let us show love. Even when we don’t feel like it
Nov 10, 4:42 PMSimone (Guest): feelings are also highly influenced by circumstances .. could be a very wobbly love –
Nov 10, 4:43 PMSimone (Guest): yes Elaine.. that’s what I meant
Nov 10, 4:43 PM
Teresita (Guest): Love based on feelings can be fleeting and sometimes LOVe is choosing to do something we don’t necessarily feel like
Nov 10, 4:43 PM
Simone (Guest): Elaine.. is it you – who made the movie?
Nov 10, 4:44 PM
SrSusan (Guest): yet fervor in love is important sometimes
Nov 10, 4:44 PM
Simone (Guest): I like the way it is worded ‘ love as a way of life
Nov 10, 4:45 PMSimone (Guest): it sounds like.. love is my default..
Nov 10, 4:45 PMSimone (Guest): whereas love is often plan B… or sometimes plan K or Y
ov 10, 4:45 PM
SrSusan (Guest): they will know we are Christians by our love…
Nov 10, 4:45 PM
Elaine (Guest): When I experience the feelings of love I am feeling fulfilled with God.
Nov 10, 4:46 PMSimone (Guest): I would love to think at the end of my life… ” love has become my way of life”.. that sounds so rich.. so meaningful… so Salesian
ov 10, 4:46 PM
Teresita (Guest): That’s beautiful, Simone
Nov 10, 4:46 PM
SrSusan (Guest): yes I agree
Nov 10, 4:46 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): Hi everyone. Beautiful topic today. LOVE
Nov 10, 4:46 PM
Elaine (Guest): That is beautiful
Nov 10, 4:47 PMSrSusan (Guest): If love were truly our way of life- what a world of joy we could have
ov 10, 4:47 PMSimone (Guest): I think.. we would be full circle back to Eden.. in its first stages
Nov 10, 4:48 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): We can only learn to love when we follow the footsteps of Christ.
Nov 10, 4:48 PM
Nov 10, 4:48 PM
SrSusan (Guest): His love also brought disturbance to some and even Himself
Nov 10, 4:49 PM
SrSusan (Guest): But Love mastered all that
Nov 10, 4:49 PMRuth (Guest): Following Christ means sacrifice.
v 10, 4:49 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): Yes Sister. Amazing Love. Truly grateful.
Nov 10, 4:49 PM
Simone (Guest): can you drink the cup????
ov 10, 4:50 PM
SrSusan (Guest): but love filled sacrifice
Nov 10, 4:50 PM
Simone (Guest): sacrificial love is something I would have never even considered for a second without knowing Jesus
ov 10, 4:50 PMRhodylyn (Guest): Pondered giving up the cup but Love prevailed.
Nov 10, 4:50 PM
Simone (Guest): ooawwweee.. I love that Rhodylyn
Nov 10, 4:50 PM
Elaine (Guest): So true
ov 10, 4:51 PMRuth (Guest): We are priests by baptism; that also means sacrifice. Maybe that is why loving as God loves is scary!
ov 10, 4:51 PM
Simone (Guest): can you explain Ruth>
Nov 10, 4:51 PM
Simone (Guest): ?
Nov 10, 4:51 PM
Teresita (Guest): But soooo fulfilling! Because it touches our very nature
Nov 10, 4:51 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): When one experiences suffering you begin to be like Christ.
Nov 10, 4:52 PMSimone (Guest): Do you mean – because we do know that we have – in the end to become a sacrifice.. if we truly embrace this love
ov 10, 4:52 PMSimone (Guest): my whole being…. a sacrifice … not just some life areas
ov 10, 4:53 PMSrSusan (Guest): How can we show love by our actions
Nov 10, 4:53 PM
Elaine (Guest): When you experience suffering and you unit that with Christ you experience His Love
Nov 10, 4:53 PM
Simone (Guest): I love the moment at mass.. with the prayer ‘ … accept the sacrifice at your hands..” …. I try to surrender my “me” there
Nov 10, 4:53 PMRhodylyn (Guest): I believe loving is more of obedience tothe Will than sacrificing.
Nov 10, 4:53 PMSimone (Guest): yes Rhodylyn.. yes
Nov 10, 4:54 PMSimone (Guest): actually.. our obedience.. enwraps the sacrifice..
Nov 10, 4:54 PMSimone (Guest): by obeying to HIS will.. I sacrifice my will
Nov 10, 4:54 PMSimone (Guest): but because I know that His will is perfect.. it is made easy.. well easier
Nov 10, 4:55 PMTeresita (Guest): Because He knows what’s best for us..
ov 10, 4:55 PM
Elaine (Guest): True
Nov 10, 4:55 PM
Simone (Guest): yes Teresita.. and during the week.. we have to hold on to that.
Nov 10, 4:55 PM
Teresita (Guest): So, in the end, our “sacrifice” is the best we can do for ourselves
ov 10, 4:56 PM
Simone (Guest): exactly.. isn’t it amazing.. how God finds even a way to redeem our sacrifice into eternal joy?
Nov 10, 4:56 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): Choosing to follow His Will daily is love in action
Nov 10, 4:56 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q How can we make sure our hearts are rooted in God’s love?
Nov 10, 4:56 PM
Teresita (Guest): By bringing Him into every moment of our lives
Nov 10, 4:56 PM
Simone (Guest): When God’s will becomes more important than our personal wellbeing
Nov 10, 4:57 PM
Simone (Guest): by that I mean.. comfort
Nov 10, 4:57 PMRhodylyn (Guest): When we detach ourselves from everything
Nov 10, 4:57 PM
Elaine (Guest): When we pray
Nov 10, 4:57 PM
Simone (Guest): from everything that separates us from HIM
Nov 10, 4:57 PMRhodylyn (Guest): Yes Simone.
Nov 10, 4:58 PMSrSusan (Guest): rooted is deep so we need to unite ourselves deeply to Him
Nov 10, 4:58 PM
Nov 10, 4:59 PM
Teresita (Guest): When we are grateful for every outcome no matter if it is what WE wanted as long as it’s His Will
Nov 10, 4:59 PM
SrSusan (Guest): thru the wound of His Heart is one way
Nov 10, 4:59 PM
Ruth (Guest): Sounds to me, Simone, that you and the others already understand what I mean.
ov 10, 4:59 PM
Simone (Guest): to be honest.. I am not sure.. if I am every fully “sure”that my heart is rooted in His love.. but there are signs.. when I know that HE acts through me.. when I know that I am soaring on His love – when I simply know that He is now here.. than I am most sure that my heart is rooted in His love.
Nov 10, 4:59 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): When we enter into the Passion of Christ in prayer.
Nov 10, 5:00 PMRuth (Guest): The tough part is to combine our sacrificial love with true prudence.
Nov 10, 5:00 PM
Simone (Guest): hmmm.. can you bring an example Ruth?
Nov 10, 5:00 PM
SrSusan (Guest): that’s a good point
Nov 10, 5:01 PM
Simone (Guest): do you mean we could be “too spontaneous” with sacrificial love Ruth?
Nov 10, 5:01 PM
SrSusan (Guest): not to overdo the sacrifice you mean?
ov 10, 5:01 PMRhodylyn (Guest): God wants obedience more than sacrifice.
ov 10, 5:02 PM
Simone (Guest): sometimes.. it is hard – not to be allowed to sacrifice in our life.. as we would like to…
Nov 10, 5:02 PM
Teresita (Guest): I remember Therese of lisieux eating cake, out of obedience and as an act of love to God
Nov 10, 5:02 PMSimone (Guest): I just found my new favourite Saint! 
Nov 10, 5:03 PM
Simone (Guest): but I do understand Teresita… it is actually a great example
Nov 10, 5:03 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): We really need to discern when Gof gives us inspiration. We must also look I to the circumstances we are in.
Nov 10, 5:04 PMSimone (Guest): and the same situation .. can require a very different behaviour several years later… it is not the action itself .. what makes it a sacrifice.. it is the obedience behind it
Nov 10, 5:04 PMTeresita (Guest): Exactly
ov 10, 5:05 PMSrSusan (Guest): Why is it important to emphasize that love and devotion need to radiate beyond ourselves through mission, evangelization, and works of mercy?
Nov 10, 5:06 PM
Simone (Guest): I was at a “synodal
Nov 10, 5:06 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): Our faith must be love in action
Nov 10, 5:06 PM
Elaine (Guest): When we show joy and Love we bring Jesus to others
Nov 10, 5:07 PM
Ruth (Guest): We are not called to put ourselves into unnecessary danger or to forego what is justly ours necessarily. E.g. what to do when a neighbor is cutting down trees on your property or building a new road across land you own without a word about it ahead of time, or sleeping in your parked car . . . Circle the city with love! Do I bring the homeless person a warm quilt and breakfast? Invite him in? All the police? One of the above?
Nov 10, 5:07 PM
Teresita (Guest): Well they say, “You might be the only Bible someone reads today”…We are His hands, feet, ears, words
Nov 10, 5:07 PM
Simone (Guest): there are many “great programs
ov 10, 5:08 PM
Teresita (Guest): I agree, Simone
Nov 10, 5:09 PM
Elaine (Guest): So true.
Nov 10, 5:09 PMSrSusan (Guest): do you mean programs vs individual helping someone
ov 10, 5:11 PM
Simone (Guest): I mean programs for young mothers… or programs to help families.. I mean so many ideas.. so much done.. but the life changing encounters in them I miss… the space where people can encounter GOD in these programs.. where these programs are prepared in prayer.. so – in reality there is much more happening, that crocheting baby blankets … or giving a meal
Nov 10, 5:11 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Whatever the vehicle it is important because again we are following Jesus who did these things in His time and in His own way
Nov 10, 5:12 PMSrSusan (Guest): the Holy Spirit will inspire us
ov 10, 5:12 PM
Teresita (Guest): I agree Simone, we recently went with my daughter to inquire, to volunteer in a pregnancy center and we were told that no faith talk was allowed
Nov 10, 5:12 PM
Elaine (Guest): I think God guides us to where He wants us to give love.
Nov 10, 5:12 PM
Simone (Guest): I heard about a priest today.. who simply collected old canons.. prepared them with his own hands.. over the winter and offered those to the youth in the summer.. in a little camp on a lake.. there was soooo much love going into this.. so much prayer into the hours of repairing these canoes.. many lives were changed… with hardly any money needed.. that is the work of the Holy Spirit.. LOVE IN ACTION
Nov 10, 5:13 PM
Teresita (Guest): I agree Elaine… That’s why being in Communion with Him is so important
Nov 10, 5:13 PM
Simone (Guest): that is so sad Teresita..
Nov 10, 5:13 PM
Teresita (Guest): I know
Nov 10, 5:13 PM
Simone (Guest): the pregnancy centre
Nov 10, 5:14 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Secular center I suppose
Nov 10, 5:14 PM
Ruth (Guest): How sad Teresita!
Nov 10, 5:14 PM
Teresita (Guest): Yes, Sr Susan
Nov 10, 5:14 PM
Simone (Guest): I am a big fan.. of awakening the Holy Spirit in us.. and live our God given Charisms.. I always say.. God touches this world with our Spiritual Gifts..
Nov 10, 5:14 PM
Simone (Guest): and this is the best love in action I find.
ov 10, 5:15 PMElaine (Guest): So true
ov 10, 5:15 PM
Teresita (Guest): Yes
Nov 10, 5:16 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): God puts in a perfect spot to put our faith in action.
Nov 10, 5:16 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): Puts us
Nov 10, 5:16 PM
Ruth (Guest): So glad they were canoes and not canons! 😁
Nov 10, 5:16 PM
SrSusan (Guest): sometimes the unobtrusive little helps we give to friends, neighbors or others we dont even notice ourselves but we are following Christ
Nov 10, 5:16 PM
Simone (Guest): that is for example.. why the life of religious can be so powerful. If someone has a genuine gift of prayer.. these prayers are changing the world.. although the person who prays has not touched the world itself.. But the Spirit makes it happen.
Nov 10, 5:17 PM
Elaine (Guest): I guess that’s the beauty of God in us
Nov 10, 5:17 PM
Simone (Guest): canons… HAHA.. that is too funny
Nov 10, 5:17 PM
Teresita (Guest): Well..doing every little action of the day with utmost love should do it…right…what an amazing challenge!
Nov 10, 5:17 PMRhodylyn (Guest): We ask ourselves what would Christ do if He was in my situation.
Nov 10, 5:17 PM
Simone (Guest): so right Teresita.. our beautiful prayer of direction of intention helps us not just to do “great things with GOD”.. but “little things with great love”
Nov 10, 5:18 PM
SrSusan (Guest): and He is in your situation because He is in you
Nov 10, 5:18 PM
Simone (Guest): good point Sister
Nov 10, 5:18 PM
Elaine (Guest): Yes
Nov 10, 5:18 PM
Teresita (Guest): Yes, Sister
Nov 10, 5:19 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): That’s a beautiful point Sister.
Nov 10, 5:19 PM
SrSusan (Guest): There are times one acts without really thinking about it- I think that could be Jesus in the person
acting
Nov 10, 5:20 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q Why do you think this encyclical was released at this time in history? Why an encyclical, and not an apostolic letter?
Nov 10, 5:20 PM
Elaine (Guest): He knows what each person needs and He sometimes chooses us.
Nov 10, 5:20 PM
SrSusan (Guest): the encyclical Dilexit nos
ov 10, 5:20 PM
Simone (Guest): encyclical has more legislative power –
Nov 10, 5:20 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): There is a lack of love nowadays.
Nov 10, 5:20 PM
Simone (Guest): it shows that the lack of love in the world.. is a serious problem.. that needs to be addressed now
Nov 10, 5:21 PM
Rhodylyn (Guest): The Pope wants us to move now.
Nov 10, 5:21 PM
Teresita (Guest): And really opened up in all its meaning
ov 10, 5:21 PM
Elaine (Guest): A need to understand True Love.
Nov 10, 5:21 PM
Simone (Guest): the church has a tendency in our times now.. to be “self serving” in the majority of members.. The church was never intended to serve itself.. but to go outwards.. we need to go out in love..
Nov 10, 5:22 PMSimone (Guest): “re-create the face of the earth”
Nov 10, 5:22 PM
Elaine (Guest): Yes sounds exciting recreate
Nov 10, 5:22 PM
Simone (Guest): I agree Elaine.. It can be very exciting!
Nov 10, 5:24 PM
Simone (Guest): someone said earlier.. ” that they know we are Christians by our love..” so very true
Nov 10, 5:24 PM
Ruth (Guest): He sent his apostles two by two.
Nov 10, 5:24 PM
Simone (Guest): and he commissioned us all in the end of the gospel of Matthew.. to go out.. – make disciples.. I think that is more than just Catechisis programs
Nov 10, 5:25 PM
Ruth (Guest): Yes!
Nov 10, 5:25 PM
Teresita (Guest): Yes, a true life commitment passed along to others by living it first
ov 10, 5:26 PMSimone (Guest): that’s an interesting way to say it Teresita.. but I like it
Nov 10, 5:27 PM
SrSusan (Guest): If any of you read or have read the encyclical and think there is anything else we can share on it let me know. Or we can go to another topic
Nov 10, 5:27 PM
Simone (Guest): my first churchin Austria.. was called ” Evangelism in Action”.. which meant ” gospel in action
Nov 10, 5:27 PM
SrSusan (Guest): It is a very rich encyclical though
Nov 10, 5:27 PM
Teresita (Guest): I will read it Sister.
Nov 10, 5:28 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Have a blessed week! I need to go now!
Nov 10, 5:28 PM
Simone (Guest): Have a blessed week too Sister Susan! See you next Sunday!
Nov 10, 5:28 PM
Teresita (Guest): Blessings, Sister!
Nov 10, 5:28 PM
Elaine (Guest): God Bless all.
Nov 10, 5:28 PM
Ruth (Guest): Thank you, Sister, for cal