Lord Jesus, our shield and defender, help us to lay down our pride and our strength, that we would allow ourselves to grow young and accept our vulnerability and so receive your comfort and care as your children, through you who loved us to the end and now prepares us place for us with you and the Father and Holy Spirit in glory forever. Amen.
‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!’ – Luke 13:34