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Item Love of Enemies in Matthew's Gospel An Exegesis of Matthew 5:43-48, And the Golden Rule in 7:12 a Challenge to Christian Life in Enwan (Nigeria)(Tangaza University College, 2006) Taiye Patrick, EicpadaThe experience of hatred and lack of understanding, especially among Catholic Christians, between Catholics and other Christian denominations, between Enwan people and Alculcu people of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria, has motivated the writer of this Long Essay to choose the theme, "love of enemies" (Mt 5:43-48) as his theme. Christ, in Matthew, gives us the imperative to love our enemies. In St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Enwan', Christians who come together to pray and celebrate the Eucharist do not live as brothers and sisters. What only binds them together is common prayer, after which most of them return home to live as enemies. This situation is even worse when it comes to Catholics and other Christians in the village. It is as if Catholics have a different Christ from the others. There is no inter- Christian unity. So you wonder if Christ is divided (just as Paul wondered in 1 Cor 1:12-13). Above all, Enwan as a village has been struggling for a piece of land with her neighbouring village, Alcuku, and there has been genocide since the year 2004. Lives of innocent people are taken without any human sympathy. The worst of such experiences happened between 7th and 17 th August 2005. During this period the writer of this Long Essay happened to be in the village. It was horrible. A state of emergency was eventually declared over the land. Until this moment there is news that the clash is not yet over. T he question now is, can the two villages ever come to terms and coexist peacefully and in unity any more? The objective of this work is thus to remind all Christians and people of Enwan (where the writer comes from) that God created only one Adam to show us that we all have a common descent. Its purpose is thus to help them realise that loving those who hate and persecute us is what makes Christianity a unique religion.Item Love in Action Jesus' Love and the Gift of Mother Teresa(Tangaza University College, 2000-02) Tresphord, Chisanga M.Love in action derives from Christ's love. Everything that is Christian must proceed from Christ. It is evident from the Gospels that Jesus Christ had a special concern for the poor. Ile embodied God's special love for them. Jesus Christ presented himself as God's promise to the poor in his proclamations. Jesus voluntarily became poor (Phil 2:5-8). Jesus became the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the sick, the imprisoned, the forsaken, and the unwanted. Ile said, "... you did it unto me...". (Matt 25:31-46). The poor are hungry fbr our love. Ilmi is the hunger of our poor. We need to practise love in action. The establishment of God's Kingdom in humanity was Jesus' mission. Jesus has indicated to us that our love for the poor is also a criterion of growth in perfect charity. This is what Mother Teresa did in her lifetime. She has shown us love in action. Mother Teresa's love fiir the poor had a spiritual motive and a solid theological foundation. It was a deep and personal love of.lesus Christ that motivated her to love the poor. In the face of the poor she saw the very face of Jesus Christ. It is evident that the poorest of the poor. materially impoverished people. were the first concern of Mother Teresa. Those who are familiar \YUJI the essential Gospel message that appears in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5:1-17). can clearly sec the affinity between that message and what Mother Teresa has said and done. It is precisely because the message is ingrained in each of her daily acts. Mother Teresa's main objective had been to do all the good she could for the least of Jesus' brothers and sisters. Abstract reasoning did not lead her to feelings for the less fortunate. Rather, all she has done, in her own words, is love in action, Not given to much talking, Mother Teresa spoke only when necessary. For her to love was to live in God. The Church has to assume the role of its Master, who is Jesus Christ, and to continue Ills mission today. The Church has to he on the side of anyone who is in need and open to God's love Jesus Christ and Mother Teresa have to challenge us today in our pastoral work. We have to ask ourselves if we really share in the lives of the poorest of the poor.Item Let Love Be Genuine: An Analysis of Romans 12: 9 - 21 and Its Application To Christian Religious Community Life.(Tangaza University College, 2000-02) Mwingwa, Emilio G.Love for God and neighbour is the essence of the whole law. This was categorically stated by our Lord Jesus Christ in answer to a scribe, who sought to know which was the first of all the commandments (Mk. 12:28 - 34). There is no love of God without the love of neighbour. It is for this reason that the command of love is central to Christian life. The love of Christians for others is enabled by the love of God, expressed in his Son Jesus Christ, who died for us while we were still sinners (Rom.5: 8). The same love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (Rom.5: 5). We are therefore capable of loving others as Christ has loved us (in. 13: 34). Is this kind of love manifested in our Christian religious communities today? Ours are multi-racial communities. We live together coining from different cultures, tribes, nationalities and languages. We are people with different temperaments and personalities. We have different ways of looking at things. We are people with different gifts and abilities. Often we come to our communities carrying within us the biases and prejudices against the other members that we meet in our religious communities. It seems to me that these and many other differences often cause so much tension. that the command of love becomes difficult for the very people who should be the model of others. The same differences also affect the way we relate with those outside our communities especially the poor, the sick and the disabled; those who are regarded as unimportant in the society. At the face of these challenges, we need to be reminded that the love command holds today no less than yesterday. It seems to me that such reminder is found in Paul's I eller to the Romans, precisely in Rom.12: 9- 21. It is for this reason I wish to develop a theses that reads, Let Love he Genuine: An analysis of. Ram. 12: 9 - 21 and its Application to Christian Religious Community Life. My aim is to encourage my dear brothers and sisters in religious life to come to the awareness that in spite of our differences, it is still possible to live the Lord's command sincerely. In Chapter one, we shall try have a brief survey of the context and structure of Rom.12: 9 21. In so doing, we shall try to find out how this text lits in the whole Epistle to the Romans. In chapter two, we shall make an elaborated exegetical analysis of our text basi ng it on our Christian Community life as a body of Christ. Chapter three will be dedicated to the application of the analysed text to the religious community life highlighting sonic of the major requirements for genuine love in community life. We shall conclude by appealing to genuine love in our communities, a kind of love that that is founded on the love of God.Item God's Universal Love As It Is Expressed In The Parables Told By Jesus(Tangaza University College, 1998-02) Cordova, Roberto PerezWhen we realize that the parables are considered the master piece of Jesus' teaching and that they convey more accurately the mind and teaching of Jesus, one begins to wonder why Jesus said so and so Some writers say that Jesus spoke his parables to people in order to awake in them a new understanding of God. The new understanding of what the kingdom of God is all about In this paper we will analyze the way Jesus used the parables and then I will take some parables, after analyzing them according to the new scholars of Scripture, I will also look at them in a new context. Our context is today as we prepare ourselves for the Jubilee of Christ I will also treat the parables in a missionary context. The mission starts from the Father, and is conveyed to us by Jesus Christ. The Church plays an important role in this teaching ofJesus. I will speak of the parables from a universal and missionary point of view in which God offers, gives, demands and is always ready to ask for our response. We shall therefore realize that the parables are always a challenge to the hearer 'What do you say?' Each person must give his or her own response.