Pope Francis recalls present-day
crosses at Way of the Cross
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| The Way of the Cross winds its way theough the Colosseum (Vatican Media) |
At the conclusion of the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum on
Good Friday evening, Pope Francis prays that we may recognize, in the Cross of
Christ, all the crosses of those who suffer various forms of pain and injustice
in the world today.
By Vatican News
Pope Francis concluded the traditional Via Crucis at Rome’s
Colosseum on Good Friday evening by reciting a litany of present-day crosses,
representing various forms of suffering in the world today.
Children, the elderly, the poor, families, migrants, and the
earth itself: the Pope recalled these, and others, in his prayer that we may
see in the Cross of Christ all the crosses of the world.
Here is a Vatican News translation of the Pope’s prayer:
Lord Jesus, help us to see in your Cross all the crosses
of the world:
The cross of those who hunger for bread and for love;
The cross of those who are alone or abandoned even by
their own children and family members;
The cross of those who thirst for justice and peace;
The cross of those who do not have the comfort of the
faith;
The cross of the elderly who are bowed down under the
weight of years and loneliness;
The cross of migrants who find doors closed because of
fear, and hearts sealed by political calculations;
The cross of the little ones, wounded in their innocence
and purity;
The cross of humanity that wanders in the darkness of
uncertainty and in the darkness of the culture of the fleeting moment;
The cross of families broken by betrayal, by the
seductions of the evil one or by murderous lightness and by selfishness;
The cross of consecrated persons who tirelessly seek to
bring your light into the world and feel rejected, mocked and humiliated;
The cross of consecrated persons who, along the way, have
forgotten their first love;
The cross of your children who, believing in you and
trying to live according to your word, find themselves marginalized and
discarded even by their families and their peers;
The cross of our weaknesses, our hypocrisies, our
betrayals, our sins and our many broken promises;
The cross of your Church which, faithful to your Gospel,
struggles to carry your love even among the baptized themselves;
The cross of the Church, your bride, who feels
continually attacked from within and from without;
The cross of our common home that withers seriously
before our selfish eyes that are blinded by greed and power.
Lord Jesus, rekindle in us the hope of the resurrection
and of your definitive victory against all evil and all death. Amen!
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