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Pars secunda: Adoratio sanctæ Crucis

Part Two: Adoration of the Holy Cross

14. Oratione universali expleta, fit sollemnis adoratio sanctæ Crucis. E duplici forma ostensionis, quæ præbetur, aptior seligatur, secundum exigentias pastorales.

14. When the universal prayer is over, the solemn adoration of the Holy Cross is made. Amongst the two ways proposed below for the display of the cross, it is possible to choose the one that is most appropriate, according to pastoral needs.

Ostensio sanctæ Crucis

Exhibition of the Holy Cross

Forma prior

First form

15. Diaconus cum ministris vel alius minister idoneus adit sacristiam, ex qua processionaliter affert Crucem, velo violaceo obtectam, per ecclesiam ad medium presbyterii, comitantibus duobus ministris cum candelis accensis. Sacerdos, stans ante altare versus ad populum, Crucem accipit, in summitate parum detegit et elevat, incipiens Ecce lignum Crucis, eum adiuvante in cantu diacono vel, si casus fert, schola. Omnes respondent: Veníte, adorémus. Cantu expleto, omnes in genua se prosternunt et parvo momento in silentio adorant, sacerdote stante et Crucem elevatam tenente.

15. The deacon with the ministers, or another suitable minister, goes unto the sacristy and, from there, brings the cross in procession through the church, covered with a purple veil, unto the center of the sanctuary, accompanying two ministers with lighted candles. The priest, standing in front of the altar, facing the people, takes the cross, reveals a little of its upper part and raises it, beginning the invitation: Ecce lignum crucis, accompanying the deacon in his song or, if necessary, the schola. Everyone answers, "Venite, adoremus," and when the singing is over, they kneel and adore in silence, for a few moments, the cross which the priest stands and holds high.

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Ecce lignum Crucis, in quo salus mundi pepéndit. r. Vénite, adorémus.

This is the wood of the Cross on which the salvation of the world has been suspended. r. Come, let us worship him.

Deinde sacerdos detegit dextrum brachium Crucis et iterum elevans Crucem incipit Ecce lignum, et fit ut supra. Denique detegit Crucem totaliter et elevans incipit tertio invitationem Ecce lignum, et fit sicut prima vice.

Then the priest uncovers the right arm of the cross, and anon, raising it, sings the invitation: Ecce lignum and all the rest is done as the first time. Finally, he uncovers the cross completely and, lifting it, sings the invitation for the third time: Ecce lignum, and all the rest is done as the first time.

Forma altera

Other form

16. Sacerdos, vel diaconus, cum ministris, vel alius minister idoneus vadit ad portam ecclesiæ, ubi accipit Crucem non velatam, ministri vero candelas accensas, et fit processio per ecclesiam ad presbyterium. Prope ianuam, in medio ecclesiæ et ante ingressum presbyterii qui portat Crucem eam elevat, cantans Ecce lignum, cui omnes respondent: Veníte, adorémus, et post unamquamque responsionem in genua se prosternunt et parvo momento in silentio adorant, ut supra.

16. The priest or deacon, together with the ministers, or some other suitable minister, goes unto the door of the church, where he taketh the cross already uncovered; the ministers accompanied him with lighted candles and they crossed the church in procession towards the sanctuary. Near the door, in the middle of the church and before going up unto the presbytery, the one who carries the cross lifts it up and sings the invitation Ecce lignum, to which all respond Venite adoremus, and after each of the answers he kneels and adores him in silence for a few moments, as indicated above.