Where will you Flee?

Alas, my mind, where will you flee at last, where shall I find refreshment? Should I stay here, or do I desire mountain and hill at my back? In all the world there is not counsel, and in my heart remains the pain of my misdeed, since the servant has denied the Lord.

Peter, while his conscience slept, thrice denied his Savior; when it woke we wept bitterly at his base behavior; Jesus never let me forget, true devotion teach me; when on evil I am set, through my conscience reach me.

Christ, through whom we all are blest, knew no evil doing. For us he was taken in the night like a thief, led before the godless throng and falsely accused, scorned, shamed, and spat upon, as the Scripture says.

St. John's Passion

Prayer: Victor Hugo

Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Who Struck You?

Who has struck you thus, my Savior, and with torments so evilly used you? You are not at all a sinner like us and our children. You are free from wrongdoing.

I, I and my sins, that can be found like the grains of sand by the sea, these have brought you this misery that assails you, and this tormenting martyrdom.

St. John's Passion

Prayer: John of God

If we share with the poor, out of love for God, whatever God has given to us, we shall receive according to God’s promise a hundredfold in eternal happiness. What a fine profit, what a blessed reward.

Song: Who am I? by the Casting Crowns

"Who am I?" is a song by the Casting Crowns that speaks of our relationship with Christ. It can be played by clicking the link below:

Who am I? on Youtube.

Prayer: Prayer for Reconciliation

God of compassion, You sent Jesus to proclaim a time of mercy reaching out to those who had no voice, releasing those trapped by their own shame, and welcoming those scorned by society. Make us abassadors of reconciliation. Open our ears that we may listen with respect and understanding. Touch our lips that we may speak your words of peace and forgiveness. Warm our hearts that we may bring wholeness to the broken-hearted and dissolve the barriers of division. Guide the work of your church and renew us with the Spirit of your love. Help us and all people shape a world where all will have a place, where the flames of hatred are quenched, and where all can grow together as one. Forgive, restore and strengthen us through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Knots of my Sins

To untie me from the knots of my sins, my Savior is bound. To completely heal me of all blasphemous sores, he allows himself to be wounded.

I follow you likewise with happy steps and do not leave you, my life, my light. Pursue your journey and do not stop, but let me be near thee to solace and cheer thee.

St. John's Passion

Prayer: Ambrose of Milan

A blessed life may be defined as consisting simply and solely in the possession of goodness and truth.

Thy Will

Thy will, O Lord our God, be done on earth as round thy heavenly throne. Thy patience, Lord, on us bestow, that we obey in weal and woe. Stay thou the hand and spoil the skill of them that work against thy will.

St. John's Passion

Prayer: Paul Tillich

Our time is a time of waiting; waiting is its special destiny. And every time is a time of waiting, waiting for the breaking in of eternity. All time runs forward. All time, both history and in personal life, is expectation. Time itself is waiting, waiting not for another time, but for that which is eternal.