New Study Release: Mourning into Dancing: We Do Not Grieve as Those Without Hope
Minister:
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
All:
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Reader: Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said,"Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly.
(John 19: 1-3)
Minister:
Lord, grant us patience in times of suffering that we may offer our lives as a sacrifice of praise.
All:
Lord Jesus, help us walk in your steps. Amen.