If the world hates you, know that it hated me before you.  If you were from the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you are not from the world, – I chose you out from the world – because of this the world hates you all. 

Remember the word which I said to you: ‘A slave is not greater than their master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If [on the other hand]  they keep my word, they will keep yours also. 

But they will do all these things  to you because of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

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