O Christ, you take upon yourself

O Christ,


you take upon yourself all our burdens so that,

freed of all that weighs us down,

we can constantly begin anew to walk,

with lightened step,

from worry towards trusting,

from the shadows towards the clear flowing waters,

from our own will

towards the vision of the coming Kingdom.

And then we know,

though we hardly dared hope so,

that you offer to make every human being

a reflection of your face. Amen.

Roger Schutz (1915-