Lord God of this and all worlds, let us not be useless or difficult to handle, lest you cast us aside and send us to be burned, but teach us to be useful to you and to all those whom you place in our lives, through our redeemer, Jesus Christ, who reigns forever with you and the Holy Spirit, one God of hope and glory. Amen.
‘But the godless are all like thorns that are thrown away, for they cannot be picked up with the hand; to touch them one uses an iron bar or the shaft of a spear. And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.’ – 2 Sam. 23:6-7