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1 Corinthians 13 (New International Version)

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries
and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor,
and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Ane now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.



Modern Version Of Paul to the Corinthians

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
(Bible, part 1 Cor 13)



The Catholic version.

It is not the extraordinary things that make life worthwhile but the love that we share with those around us- a love that comes from God. Let us be eager to learn how to love with this kind of love 'which will never fade away'



A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians (12:31-13:8)

Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them. If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing. If I have the gift of prophesy, understanding all the mysteries there are, and knowing everything, and if I have faith in all its fullness, to move mountains, but without love, then I am nothing at all. If I give away all that I possess, peice by peice, and if I even let them take my body to burn it, but I am without love, it will do me no good whatever. Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not come to an end.

hoooolycrap im tired, just got home, blaaa. The weather is so nice today! Had my final bio exams, now math and bio are officially done with forever, YES! so glad its the w-end, have time to catch up on sleep *snooze*. i think i shalt eat something small now, get ready, pretty myself up, and head on back into town, have some ho's waiting for me, hahah. Im so bored, its unbelievable how bored ppl can get. But yes, now to eating, adios mi amigos!

Continuation: just got back home from being out wit steph, dan, mona, julie, tom and 2 other dudes, said hi to sasha and nadia too, woot woot! gosh steph and dan are so fun to b around these days :S who knew! mona was über hot too, but thats a given! (love ya bitch!) anywho, we were all out tonite, fun filled fun! gosh im really gonna sleep like a baby tonite. got up at 7:28 and have been in town since 11:30 untill 7 and then headed back out at 9:30, so yea, im pretty pooped. g'nit all!

Today was the first exam of numerous upcoming ones. T'was english paper one, went ok, not the best, but passable. My heads in so many places at the mo. and i cant even concentrate nor study, such a shitty clitty. At least I have great friends I can lean on ;) I watched 4 movies yesterday, had fun cryin over some of em, so sad :( watched save the last dance, lost in translation (for like the 4th time), the notebook (so fuckin great! love that movie!), and mona lisa smile (again). Im really startin to like Julia Stiles, shes got character. I wanna watch closer again today (for the 6th time) along with eternal sunshine. i think :P also maybe even interview wit a vampy. Can u tell im tryin to keep my mind off of things? lol. Gotta study for math paper one for tmr, im so fucked :S i need allllll the luck i can get right now. I hope everyones exams go well, they all deserve it! well i gotta go do some movie stuff now, lol. catch ya laterz peeps!

I dont knw how things got the way they did, but all i knw is that its serious shit from hell. Things were so perfect in the begining, so unbelievably good. I dont even knw wht to do anymore and somehow i feel like its all my fault although everyone keeps telling me its not and that there was nothing i could do. I just never thought it would ever come to this and i so resent it. I wish it would just blow over. I dont wanna move on because in my mind i found someone that i finally trusted and felt like i could be comfortable with. I cried so much over this already that i cant even cry any more tears out. Its horrible. I wish, that even with the smallest of possibilities that i could atleast become friends in the long run if nothing else because i really do like the person alot. I wish ppl would see that and that i never meant to hurt anyone in the process and if i did then im sorry from the bottom of my heart. I just so want him to figure things out and see that in the end its not such a horrible thing and if this is how things will end ill come to miss him alot alot alot. I never meant for things to turn out the way they did. Forgive me everyone for everything, at least thats all i can ever pray for. I dont knw wht else i can do or say, im just so at a loss. If things are truly over then i deffinetly dont want it to be over like this. Things were never supposed to go this way and i truly want the best for everyone.
p.s. feeling better now though, after a few talks :) and in the true words of various ppl "Fuck It, You're Still Great!"

Well, my short shorts were a hit, lol. I think, as a side note, that men are fuckin gross, i swear, the things they do when theyre drunk and horny are so low, oh well, who am i to judge? whtever, i still had a blast wit my friends, as usual :D goin out again tmr, went out tuesday, wednesday, friday and now gonna go out saturday, gosh i dont have money, but whtever. I'm so glad I still stick to my morals and beliefes, at least im a proper person. I cant stand ppl that dont, so disgusting (u all knw wht im talkin bout!). Anywho, ciao till later! *bisous*

well, my throat is fuckin killing me. its been like this on and off for a week now. i dont knw if i should go to the gym tmr or not :S i was singin the sanassa song today, maybe that contributed to my soar throat. its so fucked up though, i swear. very cold tomatoe, not hot potatoe, damn. I so cant wait for saturday, dtm, eekk! schools almost over, im semi-failing now :S but lets hope exams go well, theyre next week. But overall im loving life. Besides the minor set backs here and there. another big one will be comin this week, but it'l all b cool :D gotta go sleepy sleep now. tis late late.

well i got my hot new bag on wednesday, i joined the gym finally and im oficially broke. Had a BLAST on friday, nv talked to so many ppl, was great fun it was! and now its like 3 am, spanish oral tmr :S had my interactive on friday, got 10 10 9, so thats pretty good. but as i said, its late. have shit loads of stuff to do this week, so gotta get my sleep. felt kinda weird today too, it a really odd semi-depresso mood, and some clueless friends of mine didnt really get the hint, well lets hope theyl get it next time. oh yea, and mona n i should so b the vals, speakers, whtever the fuck u wanna call em. :D lol. ciao babes!

Well great, i oddly lost my bus card. This sucks, more hastle for me then. arg. might go to the movies wit my mom today though and for a few ciders, so thats cool. lol.

I have only one thing to say about mocks... Mocks = death. fuck im so annoyed wit these stupid things. oh well, itl all b over soon. thank god!

well, im officially 18 and back in helsinki! went to london for 5 days, that was fun! met some friends and saw my sister along wit steve. i cant believe im finally legal and ... yea, all that stuff, haha. i just got back so im a tad tired, still have to unpack and have SHIT loads of clothes to wash. now i just wish i had someone to cuddle up wit, i love cuddling <3 but yea, have to go unpack now, its late and i had a 9 hour flight, so i just kinda wanna get this stuff over and done wit. School tmr and mocks start this tuesday, eekk! wish us all good luck! :D