- We adore you, Oh Christ, ...
NOW THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE, THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND THE ONE WHOM YOU SENT, JESUS CHRIST. I GLORIFIED YOU ON EARTH BY ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK THAT YOU GAVE ME TO DO. NOW GLORIFY ME, FATHER, WITH YOU, WITH THE GLORY THAT I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN. (John 17: 3-5).
Oh, my Jesus, King of the Universe, for the second time you have fallen to the ground. New wounds are inflicted in your martyred body. Your Face touches the stones of the road. You are unrecognizable, covered in tears, blood and dust. Yet you are the King of Glory by whom heaven and earth exist.
Jesus, you do not look at appearances but at the heart of man, help me recognize you as my King and Lord through all the things that I have to live so that I can offer them to you and thus comfort your Heart that suffers for the distance of so many souls who do not want to receive the fruits of your immense sacrifice. Oh, My Jesus, with ineffable love you hold me up and lift me up, and you have done so throughout my life. Jesus, you don't take into account my littleness, my fragility and the poverty of my heart... Your love is so great that you don't notice it, you just want me to get up, like you, every time I fall and follow you.
Merciful Father, grant us the grace to always trust you; not to be saddened by our faults and sins, to always seek your forgiveness. Help us to get up in our falls and strengthen us in your Love. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
