Day 17

Prayer

Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other that the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

“Monday in Holy Week,” The Book of Common Prayer (1979, USA; “Monday Before Easter,” 1928, USA)


Reflection

“O my Saviour! who pleasedst not Thyself, but tookest upon Thee the form of a servant: let me not profess to follow Thee, without endeavouring to follow the blessed steps of Thy most holy life; Thy patience, meekness, and humility; Thy great disregard for the world, its pleasures, profits, and all its idols; Thy sensible concern for the miseries of men: Thy unweariedness in doing good; Thy constancy in prayer, and resignation to the will of Thy Father. Let me part with any thing, as dear as a right hand or a right eye, rather than not follow Thee.”

Bishop Thomas Wilson (1663-1755)
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