May 9

That their hearts might be comforted, they being knit together in love. — Col 2:2

Have love! not love alone for one,
But man as man thy brother call:
And scatter like the circling sun
Thy charities on all.
— Johann Schiller.

He spoke, and words more soft than rain
Brought the Age of Gold again:
His action won such reverence sweet,
As hid all measure of the feat.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Prayer

Gracious Lord, I pray that I may not only be known to those who are my own, but may I consider all mankind. May those who need me find me through my gentleness, and may they be assured by quiet confidence and faith. Amen.