Heavenly Father, help me to truly prepare for the Great and Holy Week. Help me to concentrate on the events that my Church celebrates, drawing from them an understanding of how I must live in order to be Your child. I know that Jesus, Your Son, revealed by the way He lived His earthly life, that loving others unconditionally and treating all as you wished to be treated, is an effective way of growing as a child of God. You truly lived as God intended people to live. You embraced human life in the Person of Your Son so that we I might know how to more effectively live my life. As I request Your help, O God, I offer my praise to You, Who I know to be Father, Son and Holy Spirit, not only now but forever and ever. Amen.