We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You!
Because by your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world!
Your suffering has come to an end, but in many ways it has only begun for your mother, your apostles and disciples and the women who followed You and cared for your needs. So overcome with grief, they do not remember your words that You would be raised. Dear Mary, she who carried you for nine months under her heart, now cradles you lifeless body in her arms and knows sorrow and grief in the depths of her heart.
Lord, we too will experience partings: friends and family who move away and the those who are dear to me who You shall call to yourself. When we experience these losses, help us to remember those words you spoke to Dismas on the cross and know that we will be with our loved ones again some day. And may the pain of the parting be bittersweet: bitter because we miss their physical presence; and eventually somewhat sweet because we have our memories of our times spent together.
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