CL Seminar Scripturepassages
All translations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version with the exception of:
Song of Songs &
Eph 5
Last date of review:
8-1-06
Sexuality as Gift
Genesis 1:26-28,31
Loved to Life
Then God said,
“Let us make humankind in our image,
according to our likeness”…
So God created humankind
in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them,
and God said to them,
“Be fruitful and multiply,
and fill the earth and subdue it”….
God saw everything he had made,
and indeed it was very good.
All in the Family
Genesis 2:18,21- 25
Creation of Woman
Then the Lord God said,
“It is not good that the man
should be alone;
I will make him
a helper as his partner.”
…
So the Lord God caused
a deep sleep to fall upon the man,
and he slept;
then he took one of his ribs
and closed up its place with flesh.
And the rib that the Lord God
had taken from the man
he made into a woman
and brought her to the man.
Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.”
Therefore a man leaves
his father and his mother
and clings to his wife,
and they become one flesh.
And the man and his wife
were both naked,
and were not ashamed.
Mass
First Reading:
Song of Songs, 3:1,4-5, 4:9-10, 6:3
Wife:
A Reading from the Song of Songs.
Upon my bed at night I sought him
whom my soul loves;
When I found him,
I held him,
and would not let him go
until I brought him
into my mother’s house,
and into the chamber
of her that conceived me.
I adjure you,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
do not stir or awaken love
until it is ready.
Husband:
You have ravished my heart,
my sister, my bride,
you have ravished my heart
with a glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.
How sweet is your love,
my sister, my bride!
Wife:
I am my beloved’s
and my beloved is mine.
The Word of the Lord.
Mass
Response to the Reading (Psalm 33)
Husband:
The Response is:The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord
All: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord
Wife:
Blessed the nation whose Godis the Lord,The people he has chosen for his own inheritance.But see, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him,upon those who hope for his kindness.
All: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord
Husband:
Our soul waits for the Lord,who is our help and our shield,For him our hearts rejoice;in his holy name we trust.
All: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord
Wife:
May your kindness, O Lord, be upon uswho have put our trust in you.
All: The earth is full of the goodness of the LordMass
Gospel: John 15:9-12,15-16
A Reading from the
Holy Gospel according to John.
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father has loved me,
so I have loved you;
abide in my love.
If you keep my commandments,
you will abide in my love,
just as I have kept
my Father’s commandments
and abide in His love.
I have said these things to you
so that my joy may be in you,
and that your joy may be complete.
This is my commandment,
love one another as I have loved you.
I do not call you servants any longer,
because a servant does not know
what the master is doing;
but I called you friends,
because I have made known
to youeverything
I have heard from my Father.
You did not choose me,
but I chose you.
And I appointed you to go
and bear fruit,
fruit that will last;
so that the Father will give you
whatever you ask him in my name.”
The Gospel of the Lord
Sexual Affirmation
Song of Songs:
Husband
How fine you are, my love,
your eyes like doves.
Wife
How fine are you, my lover,
what joy we have together.
How green our bed of leaves,
our rafters of cedars,
our juniper eaves.
In sandy earth or deep
In valley soil
I grow, a wildflower thriving
On your love.
Husband
Narcissus in the brambles,
Brightest flower -
I choose you from all others
For my love.
Sexual Affirmation cont.Wife
Sweet fruit tree growing wild
Within the thickets -
I blossom in your shade
And taste your love.
He brings me to the winehall,
Gazing at me with love.
Feed me raisincakes and quinces!
For I am sick with love.
O for his arms around me,
Beneath me and above!
O women of the city,
Swear by the wild field doe
Not to wake or rouse us
Till we fulfil our love.
The sound of my lover
coming from the hills
quickly, like a deer
upon the mountains
Now at my windows,
walking by the walls,
here at the lattices
he calls -
Husband
Come with me, my love,
come away
For the long wet months are past,
the rains have fed the earth
and left it bright with blossoms
Birds wing in the low sky,
dove and songbird singing
in the open air above
Earth nourishing tree and vine,
green fig and tender grape,
green and tender fragrance
Come with me,
my love,
come away
My dove in the clefts
of the rocks
the secret of steep ravines
Come let me look at you
Come let me hear you
Your voice clear as water
Your beautiful body
An Act of Love
1 Corinthians 7:3-4Conjugal rights
The husband should give
to his wifeher conjugal rights,
and likewise the wife to her husband.
For the wife
does not have authority
over her own body,
but the husband does;
likewise the husband
does not have authority
over his own body,
but the wife does.
Do not deprive one another,
except perhaps by agreement
for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer.
Sex is HOly
John 17:20-23
Jesus’ priestly prayer
"Father…
As you, Father, are in me and I am in you,
may they also be in us,
so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
I ask not only on behalf of these,
but also on behalf of those
who will believe in me
through their word,
that they may all be one.
The glory that you have given me
I have given them,
so that they may be one,
as we are one,
I in them and you in me,
that they may
become completely one,
so that the world may know
that you have sent me
and have loved them
even as you have loved me."
Sacrament of Intimacy
Ephesians 5:21, 24 -25, 31-32
Paul’s Instruction to Husbands and Wives
Give way to one another
in obedience to Christ.
…as the Church submits to Christ,
so should wives to their husbands,
in everything.
Husbands should love their wives,
just as Christ loved the Church
…
‘For this reason,
a man must leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one body.’ This mystery has many implications, but I am saying
it applies to Christ and the Church.
Wrap Up
Luke 10:1-2He sent them out two by two.
After this,
the Lord appointed seventy others
and sent them on ahead of him,
in pairs
to every town and place
where he himself intended to go.
He said to them,
“The harvest is rich,
but the labourers are few;
therefore ask the Lord of the harvest
to send out labourers into his harvest.
Go on your way.”