___ and ____ :

The author of First Peter wrote (as we read it in The Living Bible):

And now this word to ... you: You should be ... a happy family, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds. Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t snap back to those who say unkind things about you. Instead, pray for God’s help for them, for we are to be kind to others, and God will bless us for it.(1 Peter 3:8-9)

____ , this is the third time that you have stood before me in a unique relationship. When you were nearly four months old, your parents held you as I baptized you in the Christian faith. Thirteen years later, at this altar, you stood alone as I placed my hand upon your head and confirmed you in the Christian faith. Today you and ____ stand together, an…