And
I am giving this opinion:
for it is better for you –
who began earlier
not only to do this
but also to want to do it
since last year
but now also
complete the work
so that just as the eager desire
so also the completion
according to what you have.
For if the eagerness is present
according to what one has
is acceptable
Not as what one does not have.
Not that there should be relief for others
but hardship for you
but as a matter for equality
For at this time
your abundance goes towards their lack
so that some day their abundance will go towards your lack
As it is written:
The one who had much did not have too much
and the one who had little did not have too little.
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