Prayer for Wednesday of Holy Week

O Lord God,
whose blessed Son our Savior gave his back to the smiters and hid not his face from shame: Give us grace to take joyfully the sufferings of the present time,
in full assurance of the glory that shall be revealed;
through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.