St. John of Shanghai Orthodox Church

In what or in whom do we trust?
Not the government, though we pray for the king;
Nor words of men, though we mine them for truth;
Nor in money, though we use it for alms;
Nor in health and strength, though we use it to help;
Nor even in friends’ faithfulness, though it comforts and sharpens at need.
We trust in the King of Kings,
the Word of Truth,
who made Himself poor that we might be rich,
and who gave up His health and strength that we, by entering into His loving death, might rise with Him into His unending, abundant life,
that we might be His friends, friends of God and of the friends of God, and
“If God be for us, who can be against us?”
In Him do we trust, in Truth.
Christ is risen!