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 and the Holy Spirit one God now and forever more. Amen.