03 May 2025

Collect of the Invention of the Holy Cross ~ Indulgenced on the Feast (See Note)

According to the Apostolic Penitentiary, a partial indulgence is granted to those who on the feast of any Saint recite in his honour the oration of the Missal or any other approved by legitimate Authority.


V.
 O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O God, Who didst cause that the Cross of our salvation should in most honourable wise be found again, and Who didst manifest thereby the marvellous efficacy of thy sufferings, mercifully grant that by the Ransom which Thou didst pay upon that tree of life we may finally attain unto life eternal.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
R. Amen. 

Nota bene - The Invention is no longer celebrated on the Universal Calendar, but according to the Martyrology, prior to John XXIII's reforms, this is the Feast Day. I have no idea if this Collect is still indulgenced, but it can never hurt to honour the Instrument of our redemption.

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