tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post5177474549560758671..comments2024-03-27T13:12:39.343-04:00Comments on A Concord Pastor Comments: The real meaning of LOVE in 1 Corinthians 13Concord Pastorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18322127779647130869noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-78360519147013347492010-01-31T23:21:22.480-05:002010-01-31T23:21:22.480-05:00"Anonymous," I'm not sure you read m..."Anonymous," I'm not sure you read my whole post. I acknowledged that this passage is not about individual love between spouses but the Church does offer this text for the celebration of the sacrament of marriage so I tried to offer a way to understand Paul's words here in the context that many people hear them. In addition, I offered a way of understanding the text in terms of a parish or diocese, both forms of organic unity like a body.<br /><br />If you're suggesting that these words can be understood <i>only</i> as you suggest, I think you're limiting the potential of this scripture for having several applications.Concord Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322127779647130869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-2272926553697191692010-01-31T22:47:48.678-05:002010-01-31T22:47:48.678-05:00Sorry Father, but you have got it wrong. Paul is ...Sorry Father, but you have got it wrong. Paul is speaking about communal love not individual love between spouses. For that you have to look at 1 Cor 7. There is a reason why this chapter is placed after chapter 12. The main problem at Corinth is factionalism; the only thing that over come that is to see oneself as part of an organic unity like the body. You could have found this out easily with little study. Your pious response misses the mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-34645178884279541562010-01-29T17:45:35.821-05:002010-01-29T17:45:35.821-05:00If I am not mistaken when Tiny Tim got married (on...If I am not mistaken when Tiny Tim got married (on the Johnny Carson Show?,) this reading was part of the ceremony. I believe he added his own "not puffed up" to the reading, which, at the time, struck me as quite funny.<br /><br />RosemaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-75511541731562535472010-01-28T08:35:50.206-05:002010-01-28T08:35:50.206-05:00I listened to this reading at a wedding one time a...I listened to this reading at a wedding one time and compared it to the relationship I was in. I realized it was everything opposite from what St. Paul wrote. Although I am alone today, I am not without the teachings of St. Paul. Thank you for pointing out this reading does not have to be looked at in the romantic sense.gracenoreply@blogger.com