V. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world!
The blood of Jesus is mixed on the ground with so much innocent blood shed in the past and in the present. God cares about innocent blood caused by the sin of the person who wants to be god---slave of his or her own selfishness and murderer of his or her brothers and sisters. Thea earth watered by blood will bloom again.
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The blood shed by Jesus and so many brothers and sisters cry out to you, Father. We pray: Let no one else shed the blood of a brother or a sister; let no one else bleed your people to death.