For Christ-like Love

Most merciful God, you have shown us true love in Jesus Christ. Though he was in the form of divine being, he took the nature of sinful humanity, even the nature of one condemned and outcast by that very humanity. Loving us, who despised and rejected him, he showed us sacrificial and holy love, without limits, without boundaries. Make us new people, most loving God, that we might love without limits, without boundaries; that we might be a neighbor, especially toward those condemned and outcast by a world turned away from love. In the name of Jesus Christ, who is one with you and the Holy Spirit, we pray. Amen.