(in whom we have
redemption
through his blood…)
also in whom we have been ”chosen as (God’s) portion’
having been ‘chosen beforehand’
according to the purpose
of him who works everything
according to the purpose of his will,
so that we
- the ‘first to hope’ in Christ –
might be for the praise of his glory.
In whom you also
having heard the word of truth
the good news of your salvation
in whom
having also believed
you have been marked
with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit.
who is a down payment of our inheritance
until the ‘redemption of possession’
for the praise of his glory.
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