THE PASSION
Dear Lord Jesus,
by Your Passion and Resurrection
You brought life to the world.
But the glory of the Resurrection
came only after the sufferings of the Passion.
You laid down Your life willingly
and gave up everything for us.
Your body was broken and fastened to a Cross,
Your clothing became the prize of soldiers,
your blood ebbed slowly but surely away,
and Your Mother was entrusted to the
beloved disciple.
Stretched out on the Cross,
deprived of all earthly possessions
and human aid, You cried out to
Your Father that the end had come.
You had accomplished the work given
You, and you committed into His hands, as
a perfect gift, the little life that remained
to You.
Lord, teach me to accept all afflictions
after the example you have given.
Let me place my death in Yours and
my weakness in Your abandonment,
Take hold of me with Your love,
that same foolish love that knew no limits,
and let me offer myself to the Father
with You so that I may rise with You
to eternal life.
(New St. Joseph Peoples Prayer Book)
should be in every home
