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Prayers from the Proper of TLM today:
“By the sign of the Cross, deliver us from our enemies, O Thou our God”. (Communion: verse)
“STAND by us, O Lord our God, and do Thou,who makest us rejoice in honor of the holy Cross, defend us evermore by its help”. (Post Communion verse)
The feastday:
Today is a very special Feastday. Today we celebrate the triumph and the power of the Cross.
It was on the 14th September that we commemorate St Helena finding the true Cross in 4th century. 300 years later, after a part of it was taken by the Persians, a Christian king as a result of a battle, reclaimed it. He processed with it to the Church of the holy Sepulchre, to which it belonged. It was a great occasion and He was dressed in all his kingly splendour. But when he was nearly there, he stopped and could not move. He was stiff and Cross was too heavy. It was only after he had humbled himself by pitting on the robes of a poor person, that he was able to proceed and carry the cross into The place where it belonged. This day, also happened to be on the 14th September.
The Curé d’Ars ( t(1786-1859) tells us in one of his homilies:
“…We need not be surprised, my dear brethren, at the honor which the Church pays to this holy wood, which obtains for us so many graces and so many benefits. We see that the Church makes the Sign of the Cross in all her ceremonies, in the administration of all the Sacraments.
Why is that? My friends, this is why. It is because all our prayers and all the Sacraments draw from the Cross their power and their virtue. During the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, … the priest makes the Sign of the Cross over and over again. God desires that we may never lose the memory of it as the surest means of our salvation and the most formidable instrument for repelling the Devil. …”
God’s Plan: Then and Now
The Cross was God’s Plan for our Salvation. He accepted his Son’s Sacrifice. To the world he seemed a loser, a criminal… The devil was out to get Him from the very beginning of His Life. He thought He had won. The spiritual leaders of the time – the “elite” thought they had succeeded. He was a thorn in their side. But the Victory and the Triumph was Christ’s. He paid the price for our Salvation.
The gates of Hell did not prevail then, and they will not prevail today, in these times.
The Cross is a sign of a Christian. We take up our crosses like our Saviour did. We must be humble and willing to do as our dear Lord and Saviour did.
Jesus stands by us today, as we carry the many crosses imposed on us by ungodly men, who are in collaboration with sacred servants of his who are Judases.
At the Offertory today we prayed:
“By the sign of the holy Cross, O Lord, protect Thy people from the wiles of all our enemies, that we may be able to do Thee worthy service, and that our sacrifice may be well-pleasing in Thy sight”
In the Gospel today
(St. John, 12. 31-36) We read Jesus’ words :
“: Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to Myself … Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. Whilst you have the light, believe in the light; that you may be the children of light.”
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