Thursday, April 09, 2009

Papal Via Crucis



The Office of Papal Liturgies has on-line the English text of the Via Crucis that will be used at Colosseum tomorrow, Good Friday night. They were written by Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati, they highlight the suffering of the Church in Asia.
PRAYER from the First Station the agony in the Garden
Lord Jesus, enable us to delve deeper into the great “mystery of evil” and our own contribution to it. As sufferings came into human life through sin, it was your plan that humanity be saved from sin through suffering. May none of the little annoyances, humiliations, and frustrations that we undergo in our daily lives and the great shocks that take us by surprise, go to waste. Linked with your own agony, may the agonies we endure be acceptable to you and bring us hope.
Lord, teach us to be compassionate, not only to the hungry, thirsty, sick, or those in some special need, but also to those inclined to be rude, argumentative and hurtful. In this way, as you have helped us in all our troubles, we may in turn “comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort that we ourselves have received”.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this Fr Ray.

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