Conference yukon::christian_v7

864.0. "Prayer Beneath the Cross" by COVERT::COVERT (John R. Covert) Wed Feb 14 1996 01:00

Prayer Beneath the Cross

MY GOD, MY FATHER, help me to pray
        WITH JESUS ON THE CROSS.
By praying for any enemies
        who wish me hurt;
        and more, for thine,
        who do injustice and cruelty on the earth.
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

By praying for the guilty and condemned,
        WITH JESUS ON THE CROSS:
        for all facing trial or prison,
        and all captives of sin:
bring them to look up to his holy Cross:
        and, hand in hand with him, go free.

By praying for the grace of love in human homes:
for heavenly concord in thy household, the Church,
        born of Christ's blood:
        praying with Jesus, with his Mother, with St. John,
        for love, for holier love, on earth.

By holding fast to thee, my God, my God,
        who holdest fast to us,
        in the black and desperate day
        and in the hour of our death.

                                                -Eric Milner-White

	Great prayer, John. Thanks for posting it.

      Hi Mike,
    
        But, Paul did say "I AM crucified WITH Christ."  As we partake
        of the cross, I believe His experience is so mingled with ours
        that in a sense He partakes of the cross as well.
    
    						Tony