O Je­su, cru­ci­fied for man,
O Lamb, all glo­ri­ous on Thy throne,
Teach Thou our won­der­ing souls to scan
The mys­te­ry of Thy love un­known.

We pray Thee, grant us strength to take
Our dai­ly cross, what­e’er it be,
And glad­ly for Thine own dear sake
In paths of pain to fol­low Thee.

As on our dai­ly way we go,
Through light or shade, in calm or strife,
O may we bear Thy marks be­low
In con­quered sin and chast­ened life.

And week by week this day we ask
That ho­ly me­mo­ries of Thy cross
May sanc­ti­fy each com­mon task,
And turn to gain each earth­ly loss.

Grant us, dear Lord, our cross to bear,
Till at Thy feet we lay it down,
Win through Thy blood our par­don there,
And through the cross at­tain the crown.