You, Jesus, the Lord of Creation,
stood alone, mocked and suffering
in the courts of King Herod
and Pontius Pilate.

None spoke in Your defense.
None came to Your aid.
You, Master of all the world
were scorned, insulted and abused.

Let my life and love
in some small way atone
for the atrocities You suffered
for all our sins:
for the agonizing pain,
the gross indignities,
the outrageous mockery,
the heartless cruelty.

Tortured Jesus,
please forgive all mortals
for the crimes still committed daily
against You, and against
the least of Your children,
by the high and mighty,
and the arrogant and powerful.

Help me to aid, some way,
in Your Holy Name,
all those who suffer
in the world this day.

Please forgive me, Lord,
for every injury I have ever inflicted
now regretted or long forgotten
on any person, intentionally,
or unintentionally,
purposefully or carelessly,
by my deed, my failure, my word,
my neglect or my unkind thought.

Please in Your Divine mercy
give those I have injured
now some radiant special blessing
of grace and happiness today,
be they now in this world or the next.

Let my life atone
for these many grievous faults of mine
and also in some small way
for the insults, injustices
and harm and crimes
committed by others
against the weakest
and most vulnerable
of your children and servants
here on earth.

Let me and all who read these words
know and remember always
that a Day of Reckoning will surely come
when all our hidden sins
will be manifest and judged.

Punishments and divine rewards
will surely follow.

Forgive me Lord,
as You forgive all those
who have committed
and will crimes against You,
but who are penitent,
for we truly do not realize
fully what we do.

Strengthen my resolution
to be a better person.

Amen

(c) 2011 - Donn B. Murphy

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