We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
I look at their faces. So full of love and gratitude, loss and fear. I contemplate what words might have passed between them.
I remember all his tender, compassionate, merciful love for me.
I place myself with these women and children to support him.
This is for me. So, I let this scene stir up deep gratitude.