To wipe away your tears
To hold your hand in suffering
And calm you in your fears
Help me be like Simon
To bear with you, the cross
To share your heavy burden
To gain new life through loss
Help me be the pris'ner
Who spoke your innocence
Who by his honest word
Gained heaven's recompense
Help me be a witness
Who prays beneath your feet
A lover cloaked in sorrow
Who longs for death's defeat
Help me be like Joseph
Who laid you in your tomb
Wrapping you in sadness
To return to earthly womb
Help me be like Mary
Who trusted in your plan
Though she knew not what would come
She clung to God, not man
And help me be like Jesus
To trust you in surrender
Returning heart and breath
To heaven's perfect Sender
-C. O'Connell-
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