09/14/2026
Today is great Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and the ninth day of the Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows. September 14 - The Feast of Exaltation of the Cross. Please join us in the lower level of the Church following the 11:30 AM Mass for a reception celebrating our Parish Feast!
Sweet Mother of Sorrows, Providence wished that Saint Helena, like you the mother of a king, find the cross of your Son and lavish honors on this relic of relics. Grant, me sorrowful Queen and Mother that, like Saint Helena, I always honor the symbol of our salvation, the cross. And like the Church, may I hold it high, display and wear it with gratitude and pride. Above all, may I unite my sufferings to that of Jesus on the cross, and carry my crosses not in shame but in faith, love and patience as He did.
The Church teaches that suffering thus carried and united to His, is never in vain, but a powerful, redemptive prayer. May I always believe it, so my life will always have meaning.
Hail Mary...
For full prayers - olsorrows.com/novena