Now about ‘love for the brothers and sisters’,
you do not need us to write to you,
you are ‘taught by God’ to love one another.
For you do the same
for all the brothers and sisters in the whole of Macedonia.
We encourage you,
brothers and sisters,
to overflow even more.
and to try to live a quiet life
and to mind your own business
and to work with your own hands,
just as we commanded you.
so that you might walk with decency
among outsiders
and not have a need of anyone.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, union;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy,
For your mercy and for your truth’s sake. Amen
(Sorry that we also used this prayer yesterday)