There are a few collects that stick in my mind for a number of reasons. Some because of the poetry, others because of their succinct assessment or proclamation, some because of the association ie. Time Lords - "both our hearts" and 'Bill and Ted':
Lord, you have taught us
that all our doings without love are nothing worth:
send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love,
the true bond of peace and of all virtues,
without which whoever lives is counted dead before you.
Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ's sake,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
That 'most excellent' gift of love, the Holy Spirit and the reality that without love, we have nothing. God's love, as shown by Christ and the Cross. The love which enables us and binds us together.
May love be our hope, enabler and guide this day and always and may we live within it and share it with others.
Pax
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