Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est

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I've often wondered what the word 'Caritas' meant.

I remember Cat Stevens' song 'O Caritas' in which he describes the End of the World whose beauty can never last.



hunc ornatum mundi
nolo perdere
video flagrare
video flagrare
video flagrare
omnia res
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audio clamare
audio clamare
homines

nune extinquitur
mundi et astrorum lumen
nune concipitur mali hominis crimen
tristetat et lacrimis
gravis est dolor
de terraeque maribus
magnus est clamor
O caritas, O caritas
nobis semper sit amor
nos perituri mortem salutamus
sola resurgit vita

Ah, this world is burning fast
Oh, the world will never last
I don't want to lose it
I don't want to lose it
here in my time
Give me time forever
Give me time forever
Giver me time forever
Here in my time....

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Charity. Goodness. And love. Are where God is.

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Where charity and love are, God is there.
Christ's love has gathered us into one.
Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him.
Let us fear, and let us love the living God.
And may we love each other with a sincere heart.

Where charity and love are, God is there.
As we are gathered into one body,
Beware, lest we be divided in mind.
Let evil impulses stop, let controversy cease,
And may Christ our God be in our midst.

Where charity and love are, God is there.
And may we with the saints also,
See Thy face in glory, O Christ our God:
The joy that is immense and good,
Unto the ages through infinite ages. Amen.

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