Just as Abraham believed in God,
and it was counted to him as righteousness
now you know that those of faith,
these are the children of Abraham.
And Scripture having foreseen
that God declared righteous the pagan nations by faith,
preached ahead of time to Abraham:
‘All the nations will be blessed in you.’
so that those of faith will be blessed together with Abraham.
Thank you, dear Jesus,
for all you have given me,
for all you have taken away from me,
for all you have left me.
Thomas More (c.1478-1535)