A QUOTE, A TEXT AND A PRAYER…OR TWO – The quotes this week are from Archbishop Desmond Tutu
A QUOTE
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. – Desmond Tutu
A TEXT
The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster, and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace. For though in the sight of others they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them forever. Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, and he watches over his elect.’ Wisdom 3. 1-9
AND A PRAYER…OR TWO
God of all, you called me to duty and I often slept.
Deliver me from the evil that grows
from indifference and self-indulgence.
May your Spirit guide me now
to prepare to celebrate the coming of your Son
to live among us,
and at last to stand before him in the hour of my death.