
“This is the gift they gave to us, to share wherever we go:
‘Be the change you wish to see in the world.’
Now I understand what they wanted us to know.
Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have in the place you are, do all you can.”
This is what I came here for: to do all I can.
Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have in the place you are, do all you can.”
Responsive Reading for March 16
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45).
“This is the gift He gave to us, to share wherever we go:
‘Be the change you wish to see in the world.’
Now I understand what He wanted us to know.”
“However, since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to use them properly:… in proportion to one’s faith; if service, in the act of serving; or the one who teaches, in the act of teaching… ; the one who gives, with generosity; the one who is in leadership, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness” (Romans 12:6-8).
“Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have in the place you are, do all you can.”
“Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. Then my people will live in a peaceful settlement, in secure dwellings, and in undisturbed resting places” (Isaiah 32:16-18).
This is what I came here for: to do all I can.
“The one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves”(Lk 22:26-7).
Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have in the place you are, do all you can.