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We
adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Jesus even experiences our struggle to receive help. He is made to experience the poverty of not being able to carry his burden alone. He enters into the experience of all who must depend upon others to survive. He is deprived of the satisfaction of carrying this burden on his own. I'm too selfish, Jesus. I love myself too much. I don't love you enough. Particularly, I don't love my neighbor enough, especially if I don't like him. A cross is lighter when two carry it. Give me a great love for my neighbor, so that I will help him carry his crosses, by my kindness, in word and action. |