Veneration of the Cross

During the Veneration of the Cross, and after the Anthems, you are invited to come forward and pray at the altar rail. You are welcome to take one of the roses and a candle from the window near you and place these on the altar as part of your prayer. If you would like to leave a prayer at the foot of the cross, you will find slips of paper in your pew on which you can write a prayer and bring it to the altar. These prayers are between you and God. They will not be read. Tomorrow night we will offer up these prayers as incense by burning them and letting them rise to heaven in our new paschal fire.