Liturgical Colour : Violet

Offertory

Psalm 68 : 21-22

Improperium exspectavit cor meum et miseriam : et sustinui, qui simul mecum contristaretur, et non fuit : consolantem me quaesivi, et non inveni : et dederunt in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto.

English translation

My heart had expected reproach and misery, and I looked for one who would grieve together with Me, and there was none. I sought for one to comfort Me, and I found none, and they gave Me gall for My food, and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Concede, quaesumus, Domine : ut oculis Tuae majestatis munus oblatum, et gratiam nobis devotionis obtineat, et effectum beatae perennitatis acquirat. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

Grant, we beseech You, o Lord, that the gift presented to the eyes of Your majesty may both obtain for us the grace of devotion and acquire for us the effect of a blessed immortality. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

Preface of the Holy Cross

Vere dignum et justum est, aequum et salutare, nos tibi semper et ubique gratias agere : Domine, Sancte Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus : Qui salutem humani generis in ligno Crucis constituisti : ut, unde mors oriebatur, inde vita resurgeret : et, qui in ligno vincebat, in ligno quoque vinceretur : per Christum, Dominum nostrum. Per quem majestatem Tuam laudant Angeli, adorant Dominationes, tremunt Potestates. Caeli caelorumque Virtutes ac beata Seraphim socia exsultatione concelebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admitti jubeas, deprecamur, supplici confessione dicentes :

English translation

It is truly meet and just, right and profitable for us, at all times, and in all places, to give thanks to You, o holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, who had established the salvation of mankind in the wood of the Cross, that from where death into the world, from there a new life might spring, and that he who by a tree overcome, by a tree too might be overthrown. Through Christ our Lord, through whom the angels praise, the Dominations adore, the Powers, trembling with awe and worship Your majesty, which the heavens, and the forces of heaven, together with the blessed Seraphim joyfully magnify You. And You do command that it is to be permitted in our lowliness to join with them in confessing You and repeat unceasingly :

Communion

Matthew 26 : 42

Pater, si non potest hic calix transire, nisi bibam illum : fiat voluntas Tua.

English translation

Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, Your will be done.

Post-Communion Prayer

Per hujus, Domine, operationem mysterii : et vitia nostra purgentur, et justa desideria compleantur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

By the operation of this mystery, o Lord, may our vices be purged away, and our righteous desires have fulfillment. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.