17. März 2019
As we near the hallowed grounds of Gethsemane and Golgotha, we confess to a sense of unworthiness and shame. / Our deprivations are so few, / Our scars so scarce, / Our courage so seldom summoned, / Our passion so wasted on self. / Who are we that we should bear thy name or purport to be thy people? // Forgive us, O God, for we know not what we do. / Expose the games we play with thee to stave off the moment of full surrender; / and help us to come as the sinners we are, that we may obtain mercy / and find help in time of need. / Our prayers we offer in faith and with thanksgiving, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Ernest T. Campbell, New York 1983