Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Send us Fan MailSaturday, 14 September 2024Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy CrossAntiphons and Readings on p. 1748 of the Daily Missal. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 78:1-2.34-35.36-37.38 (R. cf. 7b)Let us now pray the Responsorial PsalmR/. Never forget the deeds of the Lord!Give ear, my people, to my teaching;incline your ear to the words of my mouth.I will open my mouth in a parableand utter hidden lessons of the past.When he slew them, then they sought him,repented and earnestly sought God.They would remember that God was their rock,God the Most High their redeemer.Yet they deceived him with their mouths;they lied to him with their tongues.For their hearts were not steadfast toward him;they were not faithful to his covenant.Yet he who is full of compassionforgave them their sin and spared them.So often he held back his anger,and did not stir up all his rage.R/. Never forget the deeds of the Lord! Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians.Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.The Word of the Lord. Please stand for the GospelAlleluia, AlleluiaWe adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world.Alleluia. Gospel: John 3:13-17A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.At that time: Jesus said to Nicodemus, “No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” For God so loved the world that he gave his only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.The Gospel of the lord. Communion Antiphon.When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself, says the Lord.2