Kindness

What does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6.8

One of the phrases that is attributed to St David of Wales is his encouragement to his community to ‘be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have seen and heard with me’. They remind us that every instant of our lives affords an opportunity to be drawn closer to the God who loves us, and that small steps of kindness are indications of the Spirit at work in our lives.

The life of service to which King Charles is dedicated displays on the public stage the values of love and kindness that each of us can demonstrate through what the poet Wordsworth describes as ‘little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love’

Prayer

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.