Minister: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. All: Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Reader: Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said,"Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly. John 19: 1-3 Minister: Lord, grant us patience in times of suffering that we may offer our lives as a sacrifice of praise. All: Lord Jesus, help us walk in your steps.