Almighty God, whose thoughts and ways are high above our own, let us not be surprised if the world neither understands nor accepts us when we follow after you, knowing that you do not belong to the world, and your ways are foreign to this place, through him who showed us your life and was crucified for it but now reigns with you and the Holy Spirit on high forever. Amen.
‘I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.’ – John 17:14