A Simple Lenten Devotion: Prayer before the Cross of Christ
This devotion is a family and/or community prayer often prayed at noon (or when it is convenient) on Fridays during ordinary time, every day during Lent and on any day when life is difficult.
L For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, not to condemn the world but to save it. (John 3:16)
All Christ suffered for [us] that [we] should follow in his footsteps. (1 Peter 2:21)
L Though he was in the form of God, [Jesus] did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he humbled himself …becoming obedient to death…death on a cross. (Philippians 2:6-8)
All Christ suffered for [us] that [we] should follow in his footsteps. (1 Peter 2:21)
L Jesus said, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:24-26)
All Christ suffered for [us] that [we] should follow in his footsteps. (1 Peter 2:21)
L Let us pray.
All Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures – I wish no more than this, O Lord. Amen. (Prayer of Abandonment, Charles de Foucauld)
