They said, “Herod wants to kill you.”
He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me,
‘Listen, I am casting out demons
and performing cures today and tomorrow,
and on the third day I finish my work.’”
—Luke 13.31-32
Crucified and Risen One,
give me your courage to hope in the face of evil.
Give me your patience to serve under stress.
Give me your faith to work for justice
in the face of threat and opposition.
Give me your pluck to persevere when it is hard.
Give me your love, for our love itself
changes the world.
May I meet fear with healing and hate with love,
side by side with you,
who die and rise daily with me.
Amen.
—March 14, 2019