This morning while I was doing the daily office I felt that the prayer associated with the day was appropriate.

Today is the commemoration of John Mason Neale who was a Priest in the Church of England in the mid-1800.  As Wikipedia tells us:

Neale was strongly high church in his sympathies, and had to endure a good deal of opposition, including a fourteen years' inhibition by his bishop. Neale translated the Eastern liturgies into English, and wrote a mystical and devotional commentary on the Psalms. However, he is best known as a hymn writer and, especially, translator, having enriched English hymnody with many ancient and medieval hymns translated from Latin and Greek. More than anyone else, he made English-speaking congregations aware of the centuries-old tradition of Latin, Greek, Russian, and Syrian hymns. His translations include:

• All Glory, Laud, and Honour
• Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle
• To Thee Before the Close of Day
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Of the Father's Heart Begotten

The prayer in honor of Fr. Neale goes as follows:

Grant unto us, O God, that in all time of our testing we may know your presence and obey your will; that, following the example of your servant John Mason Neale, we may with integrity and courage accomplish what you give us to do, and endure what you give us to bear; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

This would be my prayer not only for myself but for all the soldiers that have been and are being deployed and facing many different types of testing.