Men Tread In Relays
From Prayers by Michel Quoist
XIV Jesus is Laid In The Tomb
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Men tread in relays the Way of the Cross.
The resurrection will only be completed when they have reached
the end of the Way.
I am on the road; I have a small share of your suffering and the
others have theirs.
Together we help you to carry the burden that you have as-
sumed and made divine.
There lies my hope, Lord, and my invincible trust.
There is not a fraction of my little suffering that you have not
already lived and transformed into infinite redemption.
When the road is hard and monotonous,
When it leads to the grave,
I know that beyond the grave you are waiting for me in your glory.
Lord, help me faithfully to travel along my road, at my proper
place in the vastness of humanity.
Help me above all to recognize you and to help you in all my
pilgrim brothers.
For it would be a lie to weep before your lifeless image if I did
not follow you, living, on the road that men travel.
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