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The collect for today, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer (source):
O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit we worship and glorify, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
With the Epistle and Gospel of Passion Sunday
The Epistle: Hebrews 9:11-15
The Gospel: St Matthew 20:20-28
Artwork: Piero della Francesca, The History of the True Cross: Exaltation of the Cross, c 1452-66, Fresco, Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy.
Click here for a guided tour of Francesca’s nine-part fresco cycle The History of The True Cross.
