Apr 3 – A Prayer for Good Friday

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I am posting this prayer which I have borrowed from the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church.

O Jesus,
it is not the heavenly reward You have promised
which impels me to love You;
neither is it the threat of hell
that keeps me from offending You.
It is You O Lord,
it is the sight of You
affixed to the Cross and suffering insults;
it is the sight of Your broken body,
as well as Your pains and Your death.
There is nothing You can give me
to make me love You.
For even if there were no heaven and no hell
I would still love you as I do!  Amen.

I don’t like the pain I know Jesus suffered but I am overwhelmed by the love of God to make Jesus the sacrifice for all human sin.