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Summary
- The Catholic Act of Love, as printed in the Baltimore Catechism of 1885, begins “O my God! I love Thee above all things” and includes love of neighbor and forgiveness.
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer asks God to “pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity” in its collect for the Sunday before Lent, when 1 Corinthians 13 is read.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4–7 describes love as patient, kind and not easily provoked; the King James Version says “charity” there, translating the Greek agapē, which it elsewhere renders “love” 86 times.
- The wedding service of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer asks that a couple “may love, honour, and cherish each other.”
- Short prayers cover hoping to meet someone, unreturned love, a new relationship, a marriage gone cold, an argument, family, friends, enemies, neighbors and fear of being hurt.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Genesis 2:18; Proverbs 17:17; Song of Solomon 8:7; Matthew 5:44; Mark 12:31; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7, 13; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13; 1 John 3:18; 4:16, 18, 19). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, No. 2 (the Baltimore Catechism), approved 1885. “An Act of Love.” Project Gutenberg eBook no. 14552. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14552
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Collect for Quinquagesima, p. 122; Collect for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, p. 197; The Solemnization of Matrimony, p. 303; Family Prayer, “For Those We Love,” p. 597. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Blue Letter Bible. “G26 – agapē – Strong’s Greek Lexicon (KJV).” https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g26/kjv/tr/0-1/
- American Standard Version (1901), 1 Corinthians 13:4. https://www.blueletterbible.org/asv/1co/13/1/
