This is the will of God that Christ both did and taught:
Humility in
dealings with others..
Steadfastness
in faith...
Modesty in
words...
Justice in
deed...
Mercifulness
in works...
Discipline in
morals...
To be unable
to do a wrong, and to be able to bear a wrong when it is done...
To keep peace
with the brethren...
To love God
with all one’s heart...
To love God
because he is a Father but fear him because he is God...
To prefer
nothing whatever to Christ because he preferred nothing to us...
To adhere
inseparably to his love...
To stand
faithfully and bravely by his cross...
When there is
any conflict over his name and honour, to exhibit in discourse that
steadfastness in which we proclaim him...
In torture,
to show that confidence in which we unite...
In death,
that patience in which we are crowned.
This is what
it means to want to be co-heirs with Christ, this is what it means to do what
God commands, this is what it is to fulfil the will of the Father.
(St Cyprian's treatise on the Lord's Prayer, Thy kingdom come)
Prayer
Lord
God, strength of those who hope in you, support us in our prayer:
because
we are weak and can do nothing without you,
give
us always the help of your grace so that, in fulfilling your commandments,
we
may please you in all we desire and do.
Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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