Beside the cross of Jesus, stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Then Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing by her, said to his mother: Lady, look, your son.’ Then he said to the disciple: ‘Look, your mother.’ And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own home. 

God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.