A Good Friday Prayer

A Litany for Good Friday

Jesus Christ, Savior of our world,
Redeemer of all creation,
The bringer of health and wholeness,
We bless and praise your name.
You died for us and hung upon a cross,
Your blood was shed and your body broken,
So that we might be set free,
We bless and praise your name.

Have mercy on us,
Son of the living God,
Healer of lepers, feeder of the hungry,
Releaser of the oppressed, bringer of wholeness,
Christ crucified, Eternal God
Have mercy on us.

Help us to lay down our own lives daily,
And consciously take on Christ’s life,
May we consider the needs of others as more important than our own,
Teach us, Lord, to live the life of the cross.
Enable us to live a life of service and not of selfish ambition,
Empower us to reach out with compassion and care,
May we identify with the poor, the marginalized, and the vulnerable,
Teach us, Lord, to live the life of the cross.
Encourage us to extend ourselves in serving and loving,
Being willing to walk the extra mile,
May we reach out to all those who suffer and are in pain.
Teach us, Lord, to live the life of the cross.
Forgive us for when we discard Christ’s life,
And so quickly reach for our own ways again,
For it is in dying to ourselves that we find life and enter the ways of your kingdom.
Teach us, Lord, to live the life of the cross.

Excerpt from “Litany for Good Friday”
Taken from A Journey Into Wholeness (Lenten Guide 2009)
By Christine Sine
http://msainfo.org/articles/a-journey-into-wholeness-lenten-reflection-guide