If you have appointed grey hairs for us, and a long and weary time of the taking down of the tabernacle; only grant us grace that, by infirmity, our faith may never fail us; but when the windows are darkened, may we still look out to see the hope that is to be revealed; and when the grasshopper becomes a burden, still let our strength be as our days, even to the last day.
We now commit ourselves again to your keeping, O faithful Creator; to your keeping, O Savior of the pierced hand; to you keeping, O eternal Spirit, who is able to keep us from falling, and to sanctify us wholly that we may be made to stand among the saints in light.