Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
(Photo: During our January 2017 pilgrimage with Qumri Pilgrimages, we St John Chrysostom Church pilgrims reenacted Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem by walking down from the Mount of Olives toward the Temple Mount. A cold, bitter wind blew up from the Kidron Valley, making it harder to sing “Hosanna.” I remember thinking that it was fitting we should feel a little of Good Friday’s bite.)