Today is the Feast if the Exultation of the Holy Cross. Buckfast Abbey in Devon has one of many relics of the true cross on which Our Blesséd Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, suffered and died for us.

A Prayer to be said in before a Crucifix

Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus
while before Your face I humbly kneel and,
with burning soul,
pray and beseech You
to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments
of faith, hope, and charity;
true contrition for my sins,
and a firm purpose of amendment.

While I contemplate,
with great love and tender pity,
Your five most precious wounds,
pondering over them within me
and calling to mind the words which David,
Your prophet, said to You, my Jesus:

“They have pierced My hands and My feet,
they have numbered all My bones.”

Amen.