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Then he did something to show them
that he had brought his followers a
whole new way of relating to others he washed their feet.
LOVE = SERVE
How can we live this Word of Life?
By paying attention to the other
person and quickly doing what they
need, loving with concrete actions.
At times, we are also asked to help
others who are far away, or even
The words of Jesus make us
nearby, like the elderly, the
Christians aware that we have a debt unemployed, the handicapped, people
of love towards everyone. With him
who are alone. Or there might be an
and like him, we have to be able to say appeal for help from far-off countries
to each person we live with or meet
after a natural disaster, or for
during the day: “I am among you as
adoptions-at-a-distance, or for other
one who serves.”
humanitarian projects.
Cut following
the dotted
lines
pay
attention to
the others
WOL
word of life
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vertically
in 4 parts
“I am among you as
one who serves.”
[from the Gospel of Luke,
chapter 22, verse 27]
When Jesus had his Last Supper
with his disciples, he broke the
bread and shared the chalice with
them, and then he gave them his
final teaching. He told them that
Fold
horizontally
in 2
in his community, the
greatest among them
should become the
smallest, and the one
who governs as one
who serves.
But how should we serve?
The answer is just three little
words: “Make yourself one.” And
that means “Try to live the other
person’s life,” see how he or she
feels, carry their burdens.
Let’s get rid of any attitude of
“command” and remember that
we are all brothers and sisters
with everyone.
“How can i do it with my little
brothers and sisters? I’ll play with
them!” You might think it’s a waste
of time, but it isn’t. It’s all love, it’s
all time gained, because in order to
love, you have to make yourself one
with others.
“Do I really have to bring the plate to
the table for them, or throw out the
trash?” Yes, that’s exactly what you
have to do, because Jesus wants us to
serve in a concrete way, not just with
good intentions. He talked about
using our muscles, our legs, our
minds. We really have to serve.
“CONCRETELOVE”
that’s what
happened to:
Jesus gave us the example.
Fourteen of us went from
Europe to the Dominican Republic
for three weeks. We went to work
at the Café con Leche school,
one of the projects supported by
Schoolmates over the past ten
years. We worked together with
the children of the school,
painting five classrooms, cleaning
up a field they could use for sports,
tutoring and organizing games for 200
teens and children. It was a very strong
experience for me. I was so happy that
finally I could really do something,
concretely, to make the world a better
place. I saw how much the Dominican
people enjoy life, even though they don’t
have a lot of material goods. I feel I
received much more than I gave,
especially from the children! We worked
very hard, using our muscles to paint
and clean, and also as “teachers” when
we tutored the ones who needed help. I
saw how happy the children were – and
so were we! We experienced great
mutual love. We weren’t just visitors for
them, or even teachers, but friends, big
brothers. And they will always be our
little brothers and sisters.
[John]
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