Veneration of the Cross

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When the Cre- a- tor of the world suf-fered the pun- ish- ment of death

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up- on the Cross, cry- ing out with a loud voice He

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gave up His spi- rit. And be-hold, the veil of the tem- ple was rent,

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and the graves were op- en- ed, for there was a great

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earth-quake, be-cause the world cried out that it could not en-dure

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the death of the Son of God. The side of our cru-ci- fi - ed Lord,

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there-fore, hav-ing been o- pened by the sol-diers spear, there came forth

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blood and wa- ter, for the re-demp- tion of our sal-

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va- tion.

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O won-der- ful is the price, by whose weight the cap-

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ti- vi- ty of the world is re-deemed, the hell-ish gates of Tar- ta-

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rus are bro-ken in- to piec- es, and the door to the King-dom

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is o- pened un- to us. The side...