O Lord, you have taught us that without love
whatever we do is worth nothing;
Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts
your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue,
without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the
sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer