He came to bring the Mourners Joy

For our light Affliction, which is but for a Moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory:

O Jesus, hear my Plea, I run and stand before You in my Need. Hear me, who must perish in Shame and Disgrace, among Enemies in a foreign Land with out Help or Salvation.

For wherever I set my Foot on the Path lie Traps and Nets, covered with a false Glamour. If I am not stedfast the Devil and his Minions, will attempt to snare my Soul.

He tempts the Children of Men, as Sinners to walk in the Way of the Flesh. He lures with Arrogance, Pride and Sin. Those who blindly follow will be lost and abandoned.

Many great Enemies are tempting us: outwardly our Flesh desires to do Evil, while within the good is smothered; our twisted will urges us to fulfill our base Desires. Lord! without your help we are quickly defeated.

Your all seeing Eye Lord, knows well the strife that surrounds us, and how hard we must fight. In such oppression we have no Rest or Peace at any Time, for Anxiety and Fear are within us.

O Lord! take us into your Protection and help us through these Storms. You promised not to abandon those who trust in You. Therefore great God grant it that we may embrace You with Confidence in our Faith.

My Saviour! O how your Heart weeps when You see Jerusalem perishing in Sin. Alas, do your Eyes also see my spiritual Torments and Lamentations? do You look on me in Pity?

O merciful One! let even my troubled Soul rejoice in your Help. So open your saving Arms and comfort the afflicted little Ones.

Jesus! Saviour and Protector! be the sole Possessor of our Souls and protect us with your Host of Angels. Extend your loving Hand to us and make an end of all our enemies. Yes, set us Free for your Glory!

Do not let us perish, nor look back like Lot’s Wife when You bring us out of Sodom. Let us embrace You with Faith, and let Satan be enslaved by the World with it’s wicked Pleasures and Riches.

And let us always consider, what Happiness will be bestowed on them whose will is united with yours. Let us follow the way to go and live with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.