We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
I pause to watch the stripping.
I contemplate all that is taken from him. And, how he faces his death with such nakedness.
I reflect upon how much of himself he has revealed to me. Holding nothing back.
As I look at him in his humility, I know that this is for me, and I share my feelings of gratitude.