Prayer to be Poor in Spirit
On, the cross, O Jesus, you prayed, asking why your heavenly father had forsaken you. You knew that he had not, but in your human nature you felt desolation. You became a man in all things but sin – and so you knew what it was to be forsaken. You prayed: “Into your hands, I commend my spirit.”
Not understanding perfectly, not knowing the reason for many things, I come before you, almighty God, to be strengthened, to accept your will as part of being Poor in Spirit. I am sll yours, almighty God, and all that I have and am is yours. Your kingdom come, your will be done. Amen.
On, the cross, O Jesus, you prayed, asking why your heavenly father had forsaken you. You knew that he had not, but in your human nature you felt desolation. You became a man in all things but sin – and so you knew what it was to be forsaken. You prayed: “Into your hands, I commend my spirit.”
Not understanding perfectly, not knowing the reason for many things, I come before you, almighty God, to be strengthened, to accept your will as part of being Poor in Spirit. I am sll yours, almighty God, and all that I have and am is yours. Your kingdom come, your will be done. Amen.