Jude 1:1-2. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Our holy faith breeds in us the best wishes for others. As we desire to find mercy ourselves, so do we long that others also should find mercy; and as we rejoice in the peace and love which the Holy Ghost works in us, we desire that others may partake of the same spiritual benefits. Hence the apostles usually begin their Epistles with these good wishes, which are not mere wishes, but earnest prayers and inspired benedictions. May we breathe such petitions wherever we go! Let us wish no man any ill, even in the most exacting and trying times, and under the greatest provocation; but still let us breathe out this prayer, "Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied."
Jude 1:1-2. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Our holy faith breeds in us the best wishes for others. As we desire to find mercy ourselves, so do we long that others also should find mercy; and as we rejoice in the peace and love which the Holy Ghost works in us, we desire that others may partake of the same spiritual benefits. Hence the apostles usually begin their Epistles with these good wishes, which are not mere wishes, but earnest prayers and inspired benedictions. May we breathe such petitions wherever we go! Let us wish no man any ill, even in the most exacting and trying times, and under the greatest provocation; but still let us breathe out this prayer, "Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied."