How Love Works Despite Ridicule Persecution Rejection

Sharing with you this 3 Minute Retreat from Loyola Press. A three minutes a day retreat.

Three minutes a day can give you 24 hours of peace.
You can start you own by visiting their site at LoyolaPress.com, a Jesuit Ministry.

Today is about How Love Works.
Inspired by the Bible verse John 15:12 which says, "This is my commandment: Love one another as I love you."

"Ridicule, persecution, and rejection filled Jesus' time on earth. Yet Jesus still treated everyone with respect, forgiveness, and compassion. His hands always remained open, palms up, ready to give and receive. This is how love works. Jesus left us an example to follow. The disciples witnessed the great love Jesus had for them, and have passed that down to us. Now it's our turn to make Jesus' love visible for our time and place."

Reflection:
What prevents me from loving others with Jesus' love?
Who could use my love right now?

Prayer:
Compassionate Christ, you gave us a difficult example to follow. Help me to overcome my selfish ways and live as you did. Amen.

Source:
http://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer.htm

World Day of Peace

If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation.

For this reason, it is imperative that mankind renew and strengthen " that covenant between human beings and the environment, which should mirror the creative love of GOD, from whom we come and towards whom we are journeying.

With this truth, peace can only be attain if we strengthen our relationship to our environment.  We should know our participation in attaining peace.  We should take care of our environment.  To have peace one should know that there is a relationship between humans and the environment.

Peace of the world

I think the world today is upside down. Everybody seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater development and greater riches and so on. There is much suffering because there is so very little love in homes and in family life. We have no time for our children, we have no time for each other; there is no time to enjoy each other. In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.

-Mother Teresa

Source: Peace of the world