_You will be hated universally on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost._*A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St Luke 21:12-19*

*GOSPEL*

_You will be hated universally on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost._

*A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St Luke 21:12-19* 

'But before all this happens, you will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name  and that will be your opportunity to bear witness. 

Make up your minds not to prepare your defence,  because I myself shall give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. You will be hated universally on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. Your perseverance will win you your lives.

*The Gospel of the Lord*

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