Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Intercession

"Intercession means no more than to bring our brother into the presence of God, to see him under the Cross of Christ as a poor human being and as a sinner in need of grace. Then everything in him that repels us falls away; we see him in all his destitution and need. His need and his sin become so oppressive that we feel them as our own, and we can do nothing else but pray: Lord, do Thou, Thou alone, deal with him according to Thy severity and Thy goodness. To make intercession means to grant our brother the same right that we have received, namely, to stand before Christ and share in his mercy." - (Life Together)