Holy Week — Good Friday — The Appeal of the Cross (2)
Lord Jesus, who on this holy day of thy passion didst stretch out thine arms upon the hard wood of the cross, that all men might be brought within their saving embrace: Draw us to thyself with the bands of thy love; and grant that, evermore being bound to thee as thy faithful servants, we may take up our cross daily and follow thee; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, world without end.
