O John

O John who lay his head on Our Lord's breast in the Cenacle because thou wert innocent and pure. Who stood at the foot of the Cross when all the apostles fled. Who wrote the greatest of the Gospels, the Word Made Flesh. Pray for us in our vileness and impurity. Hope for us in our innocence. We are children of the devil, let us become children of God. Make us white as the virginal snow which falls from the heavens every day in some corner of the world as the manna fell from heaven for forty years in the desert. Let us be fed by the Word made flesh. Do not abandon us before the throne of the devil. Lead us up to the throne of the good God. The Cross you stood witness by for three hours on Good Friday to atone for thou falling asleep in the garden while Our Lord was in his first agony.