Holy Cross Day

Sentence		Jesus said, ‘And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ (John 12:32) (or) May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (Galatians 6:14)

Collect		Almighty God, who in the passion of your blessed Son made an instrument of painful death to be for us the means of life and peace: Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer for his sake; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament / 1st Reading		Numbers 21:4b-9

Psalm		Psalm 98 :1-5 (or) Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38

Epistle / 2nd Reading		1 Corinthians 1:18-24

Gospel		John 3:13-17