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Çka!
A Lecture on Falling and Staying in Love as an Imagery of Faith:
Part I
* Falling and staying in love in a
human context.

* Falling and staying in love in

view of God’s manifestation of
His Love for us.
1.Acknowledge falling and staying in love is
an imagery of faith.

2.Distinguish falling in love from staying in

love.

3.Appreciate the relational nature of falling

and staying in love both in a human and
divine context, therefore, transcendental.
You received a mail that you weren’t
even expecting. When you looked at
the sender’s information details you
saw that it was from your crush. You
opened the mail and found an envelope.
You giddily opened the enveloped and
saw a letter. What is written in the letter
is this. What will you write as your
reply?
 Mere
development of O pagsintang labis ang
an emotion for kapangyarihan, sampung
someone. mag-aama’y iyong
nasasaklaw; pag ikaw ay
nasok sa puso ninuman,
hahamakin ang lahat
A push from the masunod ka lamang.
self and from the Florante at Laura,
Taludtod 80.

other.
Parang kumuha ka ng bato para ipukpok
mo sa iyong ulo!

Love is fire. But whether it is going to war your

heart or burn your house, you can never tell.
Joan Crawford
Occasions may cause other occurrences
of “falling in love”
with one another which
may be
the very stimulus to
“staying in love.”
Love is patient; love is
kind; love is not To love someone is
envious or boastful or to make a decision
arrogant or rude. It
does not insist on its
and to be committed
own way; to it.
it is not irritable
or resentful;
it does not
rejoice in
wrong doing, …ang pag-ibig ay
but rejoices paninindigan.
in the truth.
Bum Tenorio
 Move through wise discernment
 Simply disillusionment
 Sheer dislike
 Clash of personalities
 Excuse for an abuse
 Blaise Pascal

The heart has

reasons
unknown to
reason.
What is essential is
invisible to the naked
eye. It is through the
heart that one sees
rightly. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint Exupery
“Love conquers all.”

“Love is as strong as death.” “To love another

person is to see the
“Love makes the world go face of God.”
round.”
“You make me feel new.”
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Falling and staying in love are prominent aspects a
phenomenon called love.
Falling in love can be stopped and for reasons.
Falling in love can be the very stimulus to staying in
love.

To love someone is to make a decision and be committed to it.

Love is depicted in many different ways and spoken of in
different languages such as plain, literal, poetic, symbolic,
rational, use of images and quotes.
In theological language, love is depicted through the use of
metaphors.
Care in using the theological language is a must.
Man cannot speak fully about God. Moreso, about His love for
omnis comparatio claudiat.
This God who can be fully spoken of was manifested in a
person by the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
In speech about God and our experience of God. There is
always a “more” that what is said, even as we are aware that
there is even more thought that what is said.
 De Mesa, Jose and Rebecca G. Cacho. In Love with God:
Doing Theology for Students (Manila: Ample Printing Press, 2012).
Tacio, Henry Lito. “This ‘Intangible” Thing Called
HealthLove”,
Lifestyle. Vol. 9 No. 2, February, 2011.
Tenorio, Bum D. “Keep Your Up in 2011”, The
Hopes