On this Friday before Holy Week, the Church stands with Mary at the foot of the Cross. This was the prayer we prayed at Mass this morning:
O God, who in this season
give your Church the grace
to imitate devoutly the Blessed Virgin Mary
in contemplating the Passion of Christ,
grant, we pray, through her intercession,
that we may cling more firmly each day
to your Only Begotten Son
and come at last to the fullness of his grace.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Let's ask her help to stay with Jesus during this beautiful week of grace and mercy -- able to recognize the enormous challenge of the Cross and its call to conversion and selfless service, but also able to see the Cross as a tremendous fountain of mercy and love that fills and strengthens us for that transformation.
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