Our Father in heaven, whose ways are truth and love, let us not be surprised if we are rejected by the world when we follow your way of being, knowing that the world likewise rejected you, but keep us close to your heart, that we might rest secure in your love regardless of what the world brings, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
‘See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.’ – 1 John 3:1