We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee;
Because by thy Holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.
He fell. For a moment he staggered, then fell prostrate. God in the dust. And so, Lord, I followed you, setting out with confidence, and now I have fallen. I thought I had given myself irrevocably to you; but I caught sight of a flower on the foot-path. I left you; I left the cumbersome cross and here I am, off the road.
Lord, help me not only to follow you but to keep steadily on. Keep me from sudden weaknesses that leave me stupefied and empty, far from the place where you are shaping the world.
Our Father; Hail Mary; Glory be ...