 I remind members of the Covid-related measures that are in place and that face coverings should be worn when moving around the chamber and across the Holyrood campus. The first item of business this afternoon is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is Reverend Raheel Arief, Minister, Denny Olde and Hags Parishes, Falkirk. Compassion. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Folks' compassion literally means to fill with. In a verse that I just read, we see that Jesus felt compassion for people because he had felt what they were feeling. Compassion on people is the most important thing we can say about Jesus and about God and it was one of the reasons why people followed him. In that compassion, he healed the sick, raised the dead and casted out the demons. Friends, today we live in a world full of fear and war. We are afraid of coronavirus. We are afraid of our economy. New coverage from around the world suggests that we are afraid of climate crisis, job losses, high energy bills, health care, failing health care systems, disease, forest fires, droughts, drugs and immigration and the list goes on. In this time of year, this Parliament and we, the Church, are called to imitate our Lord and find ways to break into the cycle of fear and violence with words and acts of hope and assurance, with words and acts of compassion and healing. Now that is a mighty tall order, isn't it? What can a Government or a little church do? What can a Parliamentarian or a Christian do? In the face of all this hurt and pain, who am I? Those must have been the sorts of questions an Albanian Mother Teresa asked herself over 50 years ago when she found herself in Calcutta. And what she decided to do was to do what Jesus did. She had compassion on the ones right in front of her. She dealt with the need she was given and did what she could. So today I would like to say to you and folks in church that we are called to have compassion, teach compassion and live compassion. God has called you to serve the people in Scotland. Today I want to assure you that God is with you. Just do your best and leave the outcome in God's hand. The better way to serve the people is follow Jesus's example to have compassion. I believe that when you look at people with compassion, you will be successful. And you will be able to take this country out of this pandemic and all other problems. So may God bless you all with compassionate heart. Amen.