Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.      Matthew 5:10

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with   all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbour as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.                     Matthew 22:37-40

Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.                                       Matthew 22:21

This is our God for whom we have waited; let us be glad and   rejoice in his salvation.                                       Isaiah 25:9