CL - Lesson 8 (1st)

• Jesus summed up all the commandments in a single significant word: LOVE
• But the rabbis, as the Jewish teachers were called, were able to gather 613 commandments from the whole Old Testament.
• 365 of 613 commandments were prohibitions or negative in form
• 248 of 613 commandments were prescriptions or positive in nature, telling what should be done.
• the commandments on the love of God was taken from the Jewish prayer called Shema, meaning hear or listen, found in the fifth book of the Old testament, the book of Deuteronomy 6:5
• The Book of Deuteronomy is written in Hebrew
• Hebrew word for heart is leb
• Leb refers to the source of feelings and emotions and the center of thoughts and plans
• the Gospel of Mark is written in greek
• Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Bible, while Leviticus is the third book
• eros refers to sensual love, a love that consists in the activity of the senses
• philia refers to natural love. It is love based on some motive of nature, like goodness
• agape refers to the supernatural love. It is to love like God, and this is the love of the Father for us
• all sacraments express God’s imense love for us. But two sacraments express the divine love in a unique way: Baptism and the Holy Eucharist
• The birth of the Church came from the Sacrament of Baptism
• Baptism expresses Gods infinite love because it symbolizes Jesus’ death and resurrection
• Immersion in water signifies Jesus’ death
• pouring of water three times refers to Jesus’ being buried in the tomb for three days
• rising from the waters of baptism symbolizes Jesus’ resurrection
• baptism is like a womb that gives birth to the children of God
• Death by crucifixtion consists of the shedding of blood