The Feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross

This feast day is very personal to me for several reasons. One, I was taught for eight years by excellent Holy Cross Nuns. I spent six years of my life or so at Notre Dame, and this is the patronal feast of the Order.

I love this feast, also called the Exaltation of the Cross, commemorating the day that St. Helena found the true Cross of Christ. The feast day dates at least to the 7th century and in this week, when so many things are happening, let us pray for more veneration and love of the Cross of Christ.

We adore Thee, O Christ and we bless Thee,
Because by Thy Holy Cross, Thou has redeemed the world.

The Holy Trinity by Botticelli