Mighty Cross of the Lord!

This is a day of festival:

at the Awakening of Christ,

death has flew away and the light of life has dawned;

Adam has arisen and dances for joy.

Therefore let us cry aloud and sing a song of victory.

This is the day of the veneration of the Precious Cross.

Now it is placed before us and shines with the brightness of Christ's Resurrection.

Let us all draw near and kiss it with great rejoicing in our souls.

O mighty Cross of the Lord, manifest thyself; show me the divine vision of thy beauty, and grant me worthily to venerate thee, For I speak to Thee and embrace thee as though thou wast alive.

Let heaven and earth give praise with one accord, for the all blessed Cross is now set forth before us all, on which Christ's Body was nailed when He was offered in sacrifice.

Let us venerate it with great rejoicing in our souls.