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Church of SS. Cosmas and Damian The Triumph of the Cross
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| History: "We are celebrating
the feast of the cross which drove away darkness and brought in the light.
As we keep this feast, we are lifted up with the crucified Christ, leaving
behind us earth and sin so that we may gain the things above. So great and
outstanding a possession is the cross that he who wins it has won a
treasure. Rightly could I call this treasure the fairest of all fair things
and the costliest, in fact as well as in name, for on it and through it and
for its sake the riches of salvation that had been lost were restored to
us." ~ Saint Andrew of Crete, bishop. This feast is celebrated on
September 14th. Prayer: God our Father, in obedience to you your only Son accepted death on the cross for the salvation of mankind. We acknowledge the mystery of the cross on earth. May we receive the gift of redemption in heaven. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite, Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, (C)1975, Volume IV, p. 1390, 1394. |
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