03 May 2026

Collect of the Invention of the Holy Cross ~ Indulgenced Today (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 of the Holy Cross is no longer celebrated on the Universal Calendar, but according to the older Martyrology, today is the Feast Day. The Collect is taken from the Proper of the Feast in 1954. 

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