Identify a prophetic word you must speak or choose one of Jesus’ prophetic words on which you must act this week. Take turns having members of your group who wish state their commitments. Respond to each person’s statement:
ALL: This scripture will be fulfilled in our midst.
Each say a line in turn from Sunday’s second reading.
1: Love is patient.
2: Love is kind.
3: Love is not jealous, it does not put on airs, it is not snobbish.
4: Love is never rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not prone to anger, neither does it brood over injuries.
5: Love does not rejoice in what is wrong, but rejoices with the truth.
6: There is no limit to love’s forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure.
ALL: Love never ends.