"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."    (John 13:34-35)

 "But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,  bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you."   (Luke 6:27-29 27)

 "But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,  bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you."     (Luke 6:27-29)

"And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them."    (Luke 6:31)

 "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;  give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap.   For the measure you give will be the measure you get back."    (Luke 6:37-38 37)

"For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?    For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when He comes in His glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."     (lLuke 9:25-27)

Thou hast ascended in glory, O Christ our God, granting joy to Thy disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit.  Through the blessing they were assured that Thou art the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.  

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God!  O Son of God who ascended in glory, save us who sing to Thee:  Alleluia!

 "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."       (Luke 6:45 45)

"For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.    Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them.   Of how much more value are you than the birds!"    (Luke 12:23-25)