Reflection for April 2

Eternal and everblessed God, you sent your Son Jesus into the world to be an example to us. Help us ever to walk in his steps. Help us to walk in his humility, so that we too may be among our fellow men and women as those who serve; in his forgiveness, so that we too may forgive, as we hope to be forgiven; Help us to walk in his courage, so that nothing may ever deflect us from the way we ought to take; in his endurance, so that nothing may daunt or discourage us, until we reach our goal; in his loyalty, so that nothing may ever seduce our hearts from our devotion to him. Help us to share the life that our Lord once lived on earth that we may also share the life he lives in his risen power (excerpted from a prayer for Holy Week by William Barclay).