“Stay Awake with Me”
Give us insight and courage, O Lord, to understand and to live in light of the fact that we of the Church are the Body of Christ in this world.
Give us insight and courage, O Lord, to understand and to live in light of the fact that the Incarnation, the presence of Christ in this world, continues through us.
Give us insight and courage, O Lord, to understand and to live in light of the fact that we are to be deeply grieved, even to death, over the plight of the people around us.
Give us insight and courage, O Lord, to understand and to live in light of the fact that we are to give ourselves up in obedience to God and for the sake of the people around us.
Give us insight and courage, O Lord, to understand and to live in light of the fact that to stay awake with you in these days is to be your sacrificial presence in these days.
Amen.
“Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated. Then he said to them, ‘I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.’” (Matthew 26:36-38)
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