Holy Lord, who learned patience when you took on our nature, we await with anticipation the reward that we are to receive, but give us patience to work in your fields for now, knowing that you will give us our wages at the appropriate time, through you who ascended to the Father and Holy Spirit and still pray for us. Amen. ” When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’” – Matthew 20:8