Dear God, help this man with his struggle to walk closely with you. May he come to see that this struggle can lead him closer to you than any other endeavour. Through this struggle, may he come to understand how desperately he needs your actual grace, renewed every day through prayer and acts of kindness and sacrifice. Please do not make his journey too difficult but rather have mercy on him and all of us who are broken by sin but longing to serve You as an act of love.
"'In an acceptable time, I heard you; on the day of salvation I helped you.' Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation." (St Paul, 2 Corinthians 6)
