Here’s
a litany on the Hymn to Christ in Philippians 2. It was posted on the Life in Liturgy website.
A
Litany on “The Mind of Christ”
Let
us remember Jesus:
Who,
though he was rich,
for
our sakes became poor and dwelt among us;
Who
was content to be the child of a poor family;
Who
lived the common life,
earning
his living with his own hands
and
declining no humble tasks;
Whom
the common people heard gladly,
for
he understood their ways.
Let
us remember Jesus:
Who
was mighty in deed, healing the sick and afflicted,
using
for others the powers he would not invoke for himself;
Who
was master and Lord to his disciples,
yet
was among them as their Companion
and
as one who served.
Let
us remember Jesus:
Who
loved people, yet retired from them to pray,
rose
a great while before day,
watched
through the night,
stayed
in the wilderness,
went
up into a mountain,
sought
out a garden;
Who
prayed for his tempted disciple,
and
for the forgiveness of all who rejected him,
and
for the perfecting of those who received him;
Who
observed good customs,
but
defied conventions that did not serve the purposes of God.
Who
hated sin because he knew the cost of pride and selfishness,
of
cruelty and impurity—the cost to humanity and to God.
May
this mind be in us which was in Christ Jesus.
Let
us remember Jesus:
Who,
when he was reviled, did not retaliate,
and
when he suffered did not threaten;
who
emptied himself and carried obedience to the point of death,
even
death on the cross.
May
this mind be in us which was in Christ Jesus.
Let
us pray for Christ to dwell within our hearts.
O
Christ, our only Savior,
so
come to dwell in us
that
we may go forth with the light of your hope in our eyes,
and
with your faith and love in our hearts. Amen.
