You brainless Galatians,
who put a spell on you all,
to whom,
visibly ,
Jesus Christ has been displayed crucified?
I want only
to find out this from you:
On the basis of the works of the Jewish law
did you receive the Spirit –
or
from believing
on the basis of what you heard?
Are you so foolish, having begun in the Spirit
now you finish with the flesh?
Did you experience so many things in vain?
If indeed it was in vain!?
Does the one who supplies you the Spirit and works powerfully among you
do so on the basis of works or on the basis of what you heard?
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