13/09/2024
SEPTEMBER 14 | FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
ETERNAL FATHER, Who willed that Thy Only Begotten Son should undergo the Cross to save the human race, grant, we pray, that we, who have known His mystery on earth, may merit the grace of His redemption in heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
TO JESUS FORSAKEN
SWEET LORD JESUS! For how many ages hast Thou hung upon Thy Cross and still men pass Thee by and regard Thee not! How often have I passed Thee by, heedless of Thy great Sorrow, Thy many Wounds, Thy infinite Love! How often have I stood before Thee, not to comfort and console Thee, but to add to Thy Sorrows, to deepen Thy Wounds, to spurn Thy Love! Thou hast stretched forth Thy Hands to raise me up, and I have taken those Hands and bent them back on the Cross. Thou hast loved me with an infinite love, and I have taken advantage of that love to sin the more against Thee. My ingratitude has pierced Thy Sacred Heart, and Thy Heart responds only with an outpouring of Thy Love in Thy Precious Blood.
LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKEST AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE MERCY ON US!
