Jesus invites us to take up the cross:

[Jesus] called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.”
—Mark 8:34-35

The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord…. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
—Psalm 22:26-27

PRAYER:
O God, you desire that all people should eat and be satisfied. As we follow Jesus and are transformed by his death and resurrection, may we spend our lives so that all may share in your bounty. Amen. (Source: Bread for the World’s Lenten Prayers)