“It is not what you are nor what you have been that God sees with
all-merciful eyes, but what you desire to be.” – The Cloud of Unknowing
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but
first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none
other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.