Prayer to the Holy Cross

Holy Cross,

which calls to mind the cross

whereon our Lord Jesus Christ died,

to bring us back from that eternal death

to which our misery was leading us,

to the eternal life we had lost by sinning.

I adore, I venerate, and I glory in that cross

which you represent to us,

and by that cross I adore our merciful Lord

and what he has in mercy done for us.

Cross, worthy to be loved, in whom is our salvation,

our life, and resurrection.

Most precious wood, by whom we are saved and set free,

sign to be reverenced, by which we are sealed for God,

glorious cross, we ought to glory only in you.

We do not acknowledge you because of the cruelty

that godless and foolish men prepared you to effect

upon the most gentle Lord,

but…

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