Christ’s Heavy Cross

The heavy cross you freely chose to carry.
Like us, you lived through bitter times of dismay,
As in the garden as you shed blood and sweat,
you showed us all how we all should pray each day.

       Thanks to the power of your resurrection,
       to bear life’s cross give us help and protection (X 3) 

Made just like us, physically weak and frail,
so that we then would understand you still more,
till you endured such horrid pain and torture,
the cruel beatings you ultimately bore.

       Thanks to the power of your resurrection,
       to bear life’s cross give us help and protection (X 3)