y tlt “Love” ae e (Deuteronomy 6:5-7; Psalm 136:1, 116:1-2, 100:4-5; Song of Solomon 4:1, 8:6-7) Minister: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Congregation: Keep these words that | am commanding you today in your heart. Minister: Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at | home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you nse. Congregation: O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever. Minister: | love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and Supplications. Because He inclined His ear to me, therefore | will call on Him as long as | live. Congregation: Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. Minister; For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations. | Congregation: How beautiful are you, my love, how very beautiful! Minister: Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead. Congregation: Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm. Minister: For love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Its flashes (All Together): Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown | it. |