By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us.
So we ought to lay down our lives for our sisters and brothers.
But whoever has the means of the world and sees their brother or sister having a need, and closes their heart to them – how does the love of God dwell in them?
Little children, let us not love by word, or by the tongue, but by action and by truth.
O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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