Already this is,
beloved,
the second letter
that I have written to you,
in which
I am stirring up
your sincere mind
with a reminder:
to remember
the predictive words
of the holy prophets
and the commandment
of the Lord and Saviour
through your apostles

First
know this
scoffers (with scoffing)
will be coming
in the last days
going according
to their own evil desires
and saying:
Where is the promise of his coming?
For ever since the fathers fell asleep
all things have remained like this
from the beginning of the Creation.

Grant, Lord,
that we may hold to you without parting,
worship you without wearying,
serve you without failing;
faithfully seek you,
happily find you,
and forever possess you,
the only God,blessed now and for ever.
Amen

St Anselm