J.M.J.

GIFT OF THE CROSS

THANK YOU, DEAR JESUS, FOR ALLOWING ME

TO SHARE IN THE JOURNEY TO YOUR CALVARY.

IF YOU HAD NOT CARRIED MY CROSS AS YOUR OWN,

I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU ALONE.

I KNOW, MY DEAR JESUS, THAT YOU STRUGGLED AND FELL,

BUT YOUR AGONY SAVED ME FROM TORMENTS OF HELL.

I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE IN YOUR PAIN

FOR WITHOUT THIS GREAT GIFT, WHAT WOULD MY SOUL GAIN?

WHAT A BETTER WAY, MARY, TO HONOR YOUR SON

THAN TO CARRY THE CROSS FOR THE SINS I HAVE DONE?

WHAT A BETTER WAY, MARY, WITH YOUR SON TO UNITE

THAN TO LIFT UP THE CROSS IN THE MIDST OF MY PLIGHT?

“THY WILL BE DONE”

10-8-1999

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