Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. A reminder that we honor and rejoice in the cross that brought us our salvation. At the monastery we join the Church in commemorating this feast, it is a good day to spend some time in Bishop Martin Marty Chapel and our beautiful carved crucifix of Christ surrounded by detailed vines and the symbols of the four Evangelists. Our responsorial at Lauds expresses well the joy of the Church...
For our sake, Christ bore the sins of many.
Precious the cross, and glorious the sign.
He was pierced for our offences,
and by his wounds we are healed.
Precious the cross, and glorious the sign.
Sweet the wood, sweet the nails,
sweet the burden they bore.
Precious the cross, and glorious the sign.
Have a blessed Feast Day!
"We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you,
because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world." ~Lauds Antiphon.
"The cross is the power of God, the God who saves!
One and only noble tree, the tree of life and peace." ~Vespers Responsorial
Blessings,
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