The daily readings are taken from the lectionary which divides much of the Bible into three years worth of readings. If you complete the daily readings each day for three years, you will read 15 percent of the Old Testament and 71 percent of the New Testament.
(This prayer is designed to be said within the family before a Crucifix on Good Friday.) Mother or a child: Jesus lives His entire life for his journey or a child: under the Cross of salvation. St. John s Gospel gives us some of His last words (12:27-33): .