Barnabas, Apostle

Collect

Almighty God, help us to follow the example of your servant Barnabas. Help us to console and comfort the sad, the lonely and the broken hearted; and to use all that we have in your service and in the service of our fellow human beings remembering always that in giving we receive abundantly; and strengthen us to spread the gospel of new life and to stand by all who make a new beginning in life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you together with the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.