Our Father, we pray that we will find the secret of the courage of this young man to stand in the day of national danger and disaster, and to be faithful to our calling. Help us to learn, Lord, how to do this. Thank you for the preparation you have given us through the generations who have gone before us. And now, Lord, may we pass this on to the generations who follow, that they may stand and be faithful. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Faithful Witness, we pray, Amen.