And you all became our imitators, and imitators of the Lord,
– having received  the word in many tribulations with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
so that you all have become a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

Teach us, good Lord,
to serve thee as thou deservest;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labour and not to ask for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do thy will,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

St Ignatius