We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. 


Anthem 3 

O Savior of the world,
who by thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us:
Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. 


*The hymn "Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle," or some other hymn
extolling the glory of the cross, is then sung.* 


*The service may be concluded here with the Lord's Prayer and the final 
prayer below.* 

*In the absence of a bishop or priest, all that precedes may be led by a 
deacon or lay reader.* 


*In places where Holy Communion is to be administered from 
the reserved Sacrament, the following order is observed* 

  A Confession of Sin 

  The Lord's Prayer 

  The Communion 

*The service concludes with the following prayer.  No blessing or 
dismissal is added.* 

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray you to set 
your passion, cross, and death between your judgment and 
our souls, now and in the hour of our death.  Give mercy and 
grace to the living; pardon and rest to the dead; to your holy 
Church peace and concord; and to us sinners everlasting life 
and glory; for with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live 
and reign, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.