Shield of the weak and strength to the weary, keep us from giving in to despair when we face struggles and trials, trusting in your mercy and your desire to sustain us so that your life would remain visible in us, through Jesus Christ our example, who suffered and yet was raised to new life by you through the Holy Spirit. Amen.
‘We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.’ – 2 Cor. 4:8-10