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	True Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to medieval legend, the True Cross was built from the Tree of Jesse (father of King David), which became identified with the Tree of Life that had grown in the Garden of Eden.
		Around 1009, Christians in Jerusalem hid the cross and it remained hidden until it was rediscovered during the First Crusade, on August 5, 1099, by Arnulf Malecorne, the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, at a moment when it was sorely needed.
		The relic that Arnulf discovered was a small fragment of wood embedded in a golden cross, and it became the most sacred relic of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, with none of the controversy that had followed their discovery of the Holy Lance in Antioch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/True_Cross (2049 words)

	Holy Cross Orthodox Church - Icon Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		From this latter event the "universal elevation" of the Cross was celebrated annually in all of the churches of the Christian Empire.
		When we elevate the Cross and bow down before it in veneration and worship to God, we proclaim that we belong to the Kingdom "not of this world," and that our only true and enduring citizenship is with the saints in the "city of God" (Eph 2:19; Heb 11:10; Rev 21-22).
		The Cross is at once the instrument and the sign through which Christ, the New Adam, frees the cosmos from the darkness of death and grants its transfiguration.
	www.holycrossdaytona.org /IconDesc.html (260 words)

	The Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		And since, according to the narrative, St. Helen discovered the Cross buried in a spot on which the herb basil had grown, sprigs of blessed basil are distributed to the faithful by the priest when they bow and kiss the Cross.
		Apart from the formal occasions on which the Orthodox venerate the Cross as the Christian symbol signifying life rather than death, the sign of the Cross and small crosses as articles of personal piety and symbolism have played a deep reaching role in the daily experience of the Orthodox.
		The Christian martyrs were marching to their death holding Crosses to their heart as objects not only of complete identification with their Master, but as sources of strength as well, that rendered the pain of death an event of supreme personal fulfillment.
	home.it.net.au /~jgrapsas/pages/Cross.htm (588 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The True Cross
		It defined that the veneration of the faithful was due to the form "of the precious and vivifying cross", as well as to images or representations of Christ, of the Blessed Virgin, and of the saints.
		The Good Friday ceremony of the Adoration of the Cross also had its origin in Jerusalem, as we have seen, and is a faithful reproduction of the rites of Adoration of the Cross of the fourth century in Jerusalem which have been described above, in accordance with the description of the author of the "Peregrinatio".
		The cross is prepared before the altar; priests, deacons, subdeacons, clerics of the inferior grades, and lastly the people, each one comes in his turn; they salute the cross, during the singing of the anthem, "Ecce lignum crucis in quo salus mundi pependit.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04529a.htm (3965 words)

	Cross and Culture in ASE Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He sees the cross everywhere and calls attention to it both as a physical object (especially in his historical works) and as a symbol of salvation (especially in his exegetical works).
		The context for this paper is the liturgy of the Benedictine Reform; the texts are Ælfric’s two homilies on the cross: for the Feast of the Invention in the Catholic Homilies, and for the Feast of the Exaltation in the Lives of Saints.
		The use of the cross as an object of power in Anglo-Saxon charms, particularly those for the recovery of stolen property, is well known; liturgies and prayers for the Veneration of the Cross have also been studied in some detail.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~kjolly/cross/crdurhab.html (1526 words)

	True Cross Details, Meaning True Cross Article and Explanation Guide
		According to medieval legend, the True Cross was built from the Tree of Jesse (father of King David), which became identified with the Tree of Knowledge that had grown in the Garden of Eden.
		Helena took a part of the true cross to Constantine; the rest she enclosed in a silver reliquary that was left at the Basilica in care of the bishop of Jerusalem, who exhibited it periodically to the faithful.
		Around 1009, Christians in Jerusalem hid the cross and it remained hidden until it was rediscovered, in 1099, at a moment when it was sorely needed, during the First Crusade.
	www.e-paranoids.com /t/tr/true_cross.html (1450 words)

	Totus Tuus Ministries - Apologetic & Other Free Essays - Good Friday Veneration of the Cross
		Although every church cannot possess it [the true cross], yet the virtue of the holy cross is not wanting to them in those crosses which are made after the likeness of the Lord's cross.
		A crucifix is a cross with an image of the crucified corpus of Christ fastened upon it.
		In the present century the 1960 edition of the Roman Missal specifies that a "sufficiently large cross should be used, with a figure of the Crucified." However, in the Roman Missal of Pope Paul VI (1970) and in the Caeremoniale Episcoporum of 1985 the term crux is used.
	www.totustuus.com /friday.htm (666 words)

	Veneration Of The Cross - The Catholic Pacific Northwest
		The excavation found three crosses and the True Cross of the Lord was recognized by the curing of a dying woman when she touched it.
		The triumph of the cross is a powerful invitation to each one of us to unite ourselves with Christ in the mystery of the eucharistic celebration and claim a new kind of victory won for us by the death and resurrection of Love Incarnate.
		In the cross is salvation, in the cross is life, in the cross is protection from enemies, in the cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness, in the cross is strength of mind, in the cross is joy of spirit, in the cross is highest virtue, in the cross is perfect holiness.
	home.comcast.net /~cpnwjesuslight/VenerationOfCross.html (2458 words)

	The Sunday of the Veneration of the Precious and Life-giving Cross
		The Cross reminds us of the Passion of our Lord, and by presenting to us His example, it encourages us to follow Him in struggle and sacrifice, being refreshed, assured, and comforted.
		His Life-giving Cross is His royal scepter, and by venerating it we are filled with joy, rendering Him glory.
		Moreover, as the Holy Cross is called the Tree of Life, it is placed in the middle of the Fast, as the ancient tree of life was placed in the middle of the garden of Eden.
	www.pravoslavie.ru /english/cross.htm (545 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: cross
		It is used on Catholic churches, schools, institutions, altars, vestments, etc., to indicate that they are consecrated to God's service; and, when blessed, either as a cross or a crucifix, it becomes a sacramental.
		Crosses were used among many nations for the execution of criminals; but nevertheless in certain regions they were held in religious honor because of their symbolism.
		The swastika was emblematic of the revolutions of the sun and consequently of life; and the Egyptian crux ansata (cross with a handle) was a symbol of the reproductive powers of Nature.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd02450.htm (117 words)

	SERMON FOR THE SUNDAY OF THE VENERATION OF THE CROSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Today we venerate the Cross of Christ to not only remind ourselves of the coming of His crucifixion and Resurrection, but to gather strength from it and to thank Jesus Christ for what He did for us on the wood of the Cross.
		This is why we venerate the Cross of Christ, which tells us of God’s coming to us and of our return to Him, both accomplished by the way of the Cross.
		This is what we venerate and contemplate in the middle of great lent, the wisdom and the power of God as Christ crucified on the Cross.
	home.it.net.au /~jgrapsas/pages/vencross.htm (979 words)

	HTC: The Veneration of the Cross
		The cross was the instrument of capital punishment in the Roman Empire in the time of Jesus.
		The very center of the Christian Faith, and indeed of the whole of human life and history, is the Cross of Christ.
		It is for this reason that the Cross of Christ is placed in the center of the church building in the middle of Great Lent.
	www.holy-trinity.org /feasts/venerate.html (889 words)

	Sermons / Sermon for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The cross for us, my dear brothers and sisters, is indeed a ladder leading us from earth to heaven, from suffering to joy, from death to life.
		The cross has a transforming and transfiguring power, because it was on the cross that the Lord of all, Jesus of Nazareth, the One and True Christ, the Son of God suffered and died for our salvation, thus changing and transfiguring suffering and death.
		And we know that this is not in vain, for we know that by venerating the cross we do something much more — “and Thy Holy Resurrection, we glorify” we cry aloud to Christ in the prayer of the troparion of the feast.
	www.st-catherine.ru /en/sermons/venerationofthecross.htm (925 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Way of the Cross
		The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make in spirit, as it were, a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death, and this has become one of the most popular of Catholic devotions.
		Analogous to this it may be mentioned that in 1520 Leo X granted an indulgence of a hundred days to each of a set of scuptured Stations, representing the Seven Dolours of Our Lady, in the cemetery of the Franciscan Friary at Antwerp, the devotion connected with them being a very popular one.
		A perusal of the prayers usually given for this devotion in any manual will show what abundant spiritual graces, apart from the indulgences, may be obtained through a right use of them, and the fact that the Stations may be made either publicly or privately in any church renders the devotion specially suitable for all.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15569a.htm (2586 words)

	The Legend of the True Cross - Olga's Gallery
		The Cross, on which Christ was crucified and died, became for Christians the object of a special respect and worship, not only as a remembrance of His sufferings and death, but also as a symbol of His sacrifice.
		The wise King Solomon understood the prophecy — the death of the Savior on the cross would cause the end of the kingdom of the Jews, the kingdom of his people — and trying to prevent the events ordered the wood to be hidden.
		According to the legend during the battle the Christians captured and liberated the Cross (According to history, the Cross was returned by Chosroes' heir who signed peace treaty with Byzantium.) In August of 629 A.D. Hiraclius celebrated his triumph in Constantinople.
	www.abcgallery.com /list/2003apr03.html (1367 words)

	Exaltation of the Cross
		In the Western Church, the feast came into prominence in the seventh century, apparently inspired by the recovery of a portion of the Cross, said to have been taken from Jerusalem the Persians, by the Roman emperor Heraclius in 629.
		Adoration of the Cross is, thus, adoration of Jesus Christ, the God Man, who suffered and died on this Roman instrument of torture for our redemption from sin and death.
		The cross is a symbolic summary of the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ -- all in one image.
	www.wf-f.org /ExaltCross.html (1663 words)

	LM
		The earliest description of this ceremony is found in the late fourth century treatise "The Pilgrimage of Egeria." In this diary she describes the Good Friday ceremonies in Jerusalem.
		During that service, fragments that were believed to be of the true cross were placed on a table in front of the bishop.
		281), in which a wooden cross may be brought into the church and placed in the sight of the people.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /19625_15537_ENG_HTM.htm (157 words)

	Sunday of the Precious Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shine, Cross of the Lord, shine with the light of thy grace upon the hearts of those that honor thee.
		life-giving Cross, the fair Paradise of the Church, Tree of incorruption that brings us the enjoyment of eternal glory: through thee the hosts of demons have been driven back; and the hierarchies of angels rejoice with one accord, as the congregations of the faithful keep the feast.
		Through thee the curse is utterly destroyed, the power of death is swallowed up, and we are raised from earth to heaven: invincible weapon, adversary of demons, glory of martyrs, true ornament of holy monks, haven of salvation bestowing on the world great mercy.
	www.monachos.net /great_lent/cross_sunday.shtml (411 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Holy and Glorious Pascha Preparation Twentyfirst Day - Great Lent - ...
		We have a procession with the Holy Cross and a presentation of the Holy Cross for veneration by all the faithful These actions are to show that we understand the true meaning of the Holy Cross.
		The Cross, a degrading and torturous means of taking the lives of prisoners, was transformed by Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ into a glorious and saving means of giving eternal life to believers.
		The procession with the Holy Cross and presentation of Holy Cross for veneration is at the end of the Liturgy.
	www.mliles.com /melkite/greatlentsundaysthird.shtml (1448 words)

	Mass of the Pre-Sanctified
		Prior to that time, there was simply the service of readings, a series of petitions and the veneration of the cross.
		Because the Holy Eucharist is the best way that the memory of the passion of our Lord is renewed, the distribution of Holy Communion (again, consecrated the evening before at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper) became the practice, and both the celebrant and the faithful received.
		Instead of the simple Communion Service, there was now "The Mass of the Pre-sanctified," which proceeded as follows: After the veneration of the cross, a procession formed and proceeded to the place where the Holy Eucharist had been reposed after the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0643.html (556 words)

	Good Friday
		The familiar hot cross buns are sweet rolls with the sign of the cross cut into it, and they are one of several traditional European breads marked with a cross for Good Friday.
		Another form of the sign of the cross is made by the priest several times during the celebration of Mass and when he grants absolution and gives other priestly blessings, by making an invisible cross with the the first two fingers and thumb of his right hand extended.
		The Little Sign of the Cross: A cross is made on the forehead with the thumb or index finger (this form is used by the priest when anointing or administering ashes).
	www.wf-f.org /GoodFriday.html (4429 words)

	The Cross of Jesus Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The cross was the hope of the patriarchs, the promise of the prophets, the triumph of kings and the ministry of priests.
		Tyrants are convicted by the cross and the mighty ones defeated, it lifts up the miserable and honors the poor.
		The cross is the end of darkness, the spreading of light, the flight of death, the ship of life and the kingdom of salvation.
	www.rc.net /wcc/throne1.htm (219 words)

	Catholic Update March©2002-Lenten Customs: Baptism Is the Key by Rev. Lawrence E. Mick
		Some forms of the Stations of the Cross include a 15th station to recall the resurrection as an integral part of the paschal mystery.
		Veneration of the Cross: As part of our observance of Good Friday, we venerate the cross on which Christ died.
		The veneration challenges us to be willing to accept the cross, too, for it is the only way to resurrection.
	www.americancatholic.org /newsletters/CU/ac0302.asp#F2 (2764 words)

	Defending the Faith Forum: veneration of the cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Veneration is derived, in St. Aquinas's distinctions, from another Greek word, doulia.
		We Venerate the saint and angels because God has graced and honored the Saints with Salvation and a place in heaven, and has honored the angels with His heavenly presence and service to Him.
		If my daughter is given an award, or given honor and respect from people because of some great thing she has accomplished, that honors me. What honors the child, honors the parent.
	www.saint-mike.org /apologetics/qa/answers/defending_faith/p0304220028.html (448 words)

	Catholic Online - Catholic Life - Lent - Good Friday
		According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326.
		Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we are actually adoring the material image, of course, but rather what it represents.
		But we should remember each time we see a cross that the Cross of Jesus' crucifixion was an emblem of physical anguish and personal defilement, not triumph-of debasement and humiliation, not glory-of degradation and shame, not beauty.
	www.catholic.org /clife/lent/friday.php (2651 words)

	HTC: Lenten Synaxarion: The Cross Veneration Sunday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For as our Savior in ascending the Cross was glorified through dishonor and grief; so should we also endure our sorrows, in order to be glorified with Him.
		Or as when there is a royal procession, the king’s scepter and banners precede him, he then appears himself, radiant and joyous in his victory, causing his subjects to rejoice with him.
		And since the Cross is called, and indeed is, the Tree of Life, it is the very tree that was planted in the Garden of Eden.
	www.holy-trinity.org /liturgics/synaxarion/7-crossveneration.html (285 words)

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