Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Today, Saturday 14 September, we are celebrating the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. We know that the Cross is the instrument by which Christ saved us. That is why the Christian tradition always has handed on this very important short prayer: Ave Crux Spes Unica or in its English rendition “Hail to the Cross, our[…]
In honour of this feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, here is a beautiful motet by Giaches (1535 ~ 1595), which dates back to 1581, when so many were rejecting the Cross as the efficacious sign of our Faith.
O crux benedícta, quæ sola fuísti digna portáre Regem cælórum et Dóminum, allelúia. – O blessed cross, which alone was found worthy to bear the King of heaven and the Lord! Alleluia!
