Lord and Father, who has blessed us with all good things, grant us the strength to put far from our mouths words that curse our brothers and sisters, that even if difficulty we might still bless those around us and so follow in your loving footsteps, through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in perfect unity now and forever. Amen.
‘With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth comes a blessing and a cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.’ – James 3:9-10