Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

But now, this is what the LORD says– he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Do everything in love.

We love because he first loved us.

See what great love the Father has lavished on 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.

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.