Simon Peter said to him: ‘Lord, where are you going?’

Jesus answered:  ‘Where I am going, you cannot follow me now. But you will follow later.’

Peter said to him: ‘Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’

Jesus replied: ‘Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you: the cock will not crow until you deny me three times’.

Grant, Lord,
that we may hold to you without parting,
worship you without wearying,
serve you without failing;
faithfully seek you,
happily find you,
and forever possess you,
the only God,blessed now and for ever.
Amen

St Anselm