The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

The Exaltation of the Holy Nm 21:4b-9/Phil 2:6-11/Jn 3:13-17 (638) Pss Prop.

*St. Helen – Conegliano.

This artwork by C. Conegliano shows Saint Helen, Mother of the Emperor Constantine, holding the True Cross of Jesus Christ on the hill of Calvary outside of Jerusalem.

**Holy Cross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross

***Feast of the Cross In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. Unlike Good Friday, which is dedicated to the passion of Christ and the crucifixion, these feast days celebrate the cross itself, as the sign of salvation. In Western Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheran and Anglicanism the most common day of commemoration is 14 September.

In English, the feast is called The Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the official translation of the Roman Missal, while the 1973 translation called it The Triumph of the Cross. In some parts of the Anglican Communion the feast is called Holy Cross Day, a name also used by Lutherans. The celebration is also sometimes called Holy Rood Day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Cross

“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one an- other, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”  

Jer 31:33–34