O Lord our God, whose we are and Whom we seek to serve, enlighten us, we
pray Thee, in the knowledge and practice of that supreme service which
is love. May we learn that the greatest thing in our little lives is
the love they hold for God and man. Teach us to appraise love's extra
everywhere as those who have also felt and understand. And when our own
gift and offering must needs be poor and small, may we be encouraged by
the remembrance that even a widow's mite that love has offered is
precious in Thy sight. Amen.
"_I know both how to be_
_abased, and I know how to_
_abound._"
(PHILIPPIANS iv. 12.)