Prayer for Palm Sunday and Holy Week
This prayer is designed to be said within the family before a Crucifix on Palm Sunday and during Holy Week.
Dearly beloved, in Holy Week, when the most bitter sufferings of Jesus Christ are put before us by the liturgy, the Church invites us to come to Calvary and follow in the blood-stained footsteps of the divine Redeemer, to carry the Cross willingly with him, to reproduce in our hearts his spirit of expiation and atonement, and to die together with him. We ought to glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ in whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection. (From the words of Pope Pius XII On the Sacred Liturgy. )
Let us pray. All-powerful, eternal God, you have chosen to give mankind a model of humility; our Savior took on our flesh and subjected himself to the Cross. Grant us the grace to preserve faithfully the lessons he has given us in His Passion and to have a share in his resurrection. This we ask of you through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. Amen.