Jesus, our teacher and friend,
help us to follow you along the way of the cross.
When the mysteries of human suffering
and sinfulness overwhelm us,
invite us to live in the grace of your redemptive love.
Thus, may our lives be given over
to works of justice on the path of peace
for the life of the world.
May your promise to draw all to yourself
give us the courage to risk and the hope to proclaim
that life will triumph over death,
for the victory has been won for us
in Christ Jesus, our Lord and brother. Amen
Excerpted from Lenten Longings - Year B: For the Life of the World, available from RENEW International