Because this is the message which you heard from the beginning,
– that we should love one another. 
not as Cain who was from the evil one, 
 and murdered his brother

And why did he murder him?
Because his deeds were evil
but those of his brother were righteous. 

Do not marvel, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

We know that we have passed over from death to life,
because we love the brothers and sisters. 

The one who does not love abides in death. 
everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer.

And we know that every murderer
does not have eternal life dwelling in  them.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.