Catholic Education Week 2014: Serving in the Love of Christ

Scripture Verses and Quotes

Read scriptures that offer guidance, support and encouragement on subjects dealing with faith, such
as Christian faith, faith in healing, faith in prayer, faith in others and hope. Read verses from the
Holy Bible about faith in relation to God, Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. (NRSV = New Revised
Standard Version)

 … the leader like one who serves. Luke 22:26

 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Luke 22:27
 Whoever serves me must follow me and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever
serves me, the Father will honour. John 12:26
 The one who serves Christ is acceptable to God. Romans 14:18
 … whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies so that God may be
glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 4:11b
 … to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy
10:12b
 As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 14:15b
 Therefore, we will serve the Lord, for He is our God. Joshua 14:18b
 Direct your heart to the Lord and serve Him only. 1 Samuel 7:4
 … serve the Lord with all your heart. 1 Samuel 12:20
 … the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve. Mark 10:45
 … be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Romans 12:11
 … to serve a living and true God. 1 Thessalonians 1:9
 Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each
of you has received. 1 Peter 4:11
 … they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints; I urge you to put yourselves at
the service of such people. 1 Corinthians 16:15
 “To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.” ~Thomas Merton
 “Life in abundance comes through great love.” ~Elbert Hubbard
 “One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love.”
~Leo Tolstoy
 “The Simple Path: Silence is Prayer. Prayer is Faithful. Faith is Love. Love is Service. The
Fruit of Service is Peace.” ~Blessed Mother Teresa
 “Every act of love is a work of peace no matter how small.” ~Blessed Mother Teresa
 “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
~Blessed Mother Teresa
 “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ~Mahatma
Gandhi
  “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.” ~Maya
Angelou
 “Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve … you only need a heart full of
grace. A soul generated by love.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.
 “A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives.” ~Jackie Robinson
 “Love many things, for therein lies the true strength and whosoever loves much, performs
much and can accomplish much and what is done in love, is done well.” ~Vincent van
Gogh
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 … serve Him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Joshua 24:14

 I know your works – your love, faith, service and patient endurance. Rev 2:19
 … serve the Lord faithfully with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done
for you. 1 Samuel 12:24
 The Lord rewards everyone for His righteousness and His faithfulness. 1 Samuel
26:23
 All His work is done in faithfulness … Psalms 33:4
 I have spoken of your faithfulness … Psalms 40:10
 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet, righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
Psalms 85:10
 The works of His hands are faithful and just. Psalms 111:7
 I have chosen the way of faithfulness … Psalms 119:30
 Serve Him faithfully with all your heart … 1 Samuel 12:24
 May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you. Daniel 6:16
 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to
you; they have testified to your love before the church. 3 John 1:5
 … to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice. Sirach 15:15
 “I don’t know who – or what – put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even
remember answering. But at some moment I did answer, ‘Yes’ to someone – or something –
and from that hour, I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in
self-surrender, had a goal.” ~Dag Hammarskjold
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 Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears … Acts 20:19
 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love …
Ephesians 4:2
 As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness,
humility, meekness and patience. Colossians 3:12
 My child, perform your tasks with humility. Sirach 3:17
 … and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk
humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be
exalted. Luke 14:11
 Indeed, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last. Luke 13:30
 So the last will be first and the first will be last. Matthew 20:16
 But whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant. Mark 10:43
 “With swift pace, light step, unswerving feet, so that even your steps stir up no dust, go
forward securely, joyfully and swiftly on the path of prudent happiness.” ~St. Clare of
Assisi
  “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be
less because of that missing drop.” ~Blessed Mother Teresa
 “Hold on to what is good, even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if
it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it is a long way from
here. Hold on to life, even when it is easier letting go. Hold on to my hand, even when I have
gone away from you.” ~Pueblo Blessing
 “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an
honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life
around.” ~Leo Buscaglia
 “It is a privilege to be alive in this time when we can choose to take part in the self-healing of
our world.” ~Joanna Macy
 “Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a
moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day.” ~Kent Nerburn
 “There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time. I owe him my
best.” ~Joe DiMaggio
 “The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world and
strengthens us thereby to do what’s good.” ~Dr. Albert Schweitzer
 “However much concerned I was at the problem of misery in the world, I never let myself get
lost in broodings over it. I always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little
to bring some portion of it to an end.” Dr. Albert Schweitzer
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 … my compassion grows warm and tender. Hosea 11:8

 … moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Matthew 20:34
 As God’s chosen ones, clothe yourselves with compassion and kindness … Colossians
3:12
 The compassion of human beings is for their neighbours, but the compassion of the Lord is
for every living thing. Sirach 18:13
 … have compassion for your youth. 4 Maccabees 8:10
 “A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain
together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping
and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” ~George Eliot (Middlemarch)
 “People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and
redeemed; never throw out anyone.” ~Audrey Hepburn
 Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.” ~Voltaire
 “As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others – what
and whom we can work with and how – becomes wider.” ~Pema Chodron
 “Make a gift of your life and lift all … by being kind, considerate, forgiving and
compassionate at all times, in all places and under all conditions, with everyone as well as
yourself. This is the greatest gift anyone can give.” ~David R. Hawkins
 “True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on
reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they
behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for
others; the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.” ~His Holiness Dalai
Lama
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  … and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk
humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
 … all His ways are just. Deuteronomy 32:4
 … seek justice, rescue the oppressed. Isaiah 1:17
 I act with steadfast love, justice and righteousness … Jeremiah 9:24
 Do what is just and right … Ezekiel 45:9
 He loves righteousness and justice. Psalms 33:5
 Happy are those who observe justice … Psalms 106:3
 … works of His hands are faithful and just. Psalms 111:7
 I have done what is just and right … Psalms 119:121
 He who is faithful and just will forgive … 1 John 1:9
 A harvest of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:18
 Truly, I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,
you did it to me. Matthew 25:40
 “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” ~Martin Luther King
Jr.
 “Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more
and more peace and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more
peace there will also be in our troubled world.” ~Etty Hillesum
 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~Margaret Mead
 “Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.” Immanuel Kant
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 … for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10

 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous … Proverbs 21:15
 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12:3
 Your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by your name, O
Lord. Jeremiah 15:16
 I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them and give them gladness.
Jeremiah 31:13
 I am bringing you good news of great joy to all people. Luke 2:10
 … so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
Romans 15:32
 We are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in the faith. 2 Corinthians
1:24
 … the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness …
Galatians 5:22
 May you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the
Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 1:11
 Rejoice in the Lord always … let your gentleness be known to everyone. Philippians
4:4-5
 “One of the sanest, surest and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the
good fortune of others.” ~Archibald Rutledge
 “When we begin to believe that there is greater joy in working with and for others, rather
than just for ourselves, then our society will truly become a place of celebration.” ~Jean
Vanier