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Updated: May 26, 2025
Ancient ceremonies at Rome Service in the Sixtine chapel Passio Sermon and indulgence Prayers for all mankind exposition of the cross; ancient crucifixes and crosses adoration of the cross; its antiquity Palestrina's improperii, Trisagion chant of the hymn Pange lingua gloriosi lauream etc, Procession of the B. Sacrament Mass of the Presanctified, Vespers Tenebræ Veneration of the principal relics at S Peter's Grounds of belief in the genuineness of relics 1.
Holy immortal, have mercy on us" . The Pope then returns to his throne; he resumes his previous vestments and reads the improperii from the Missal held as usual by an assist. bishop kneeling.
When the sacred college has finished the adoration, the choir having ended the improperii sings the anthem Crucem tuam, the psalm Deus misereatur nostri, the hymn Pange lingua gloriosi lauream certaminis etc. Towards the end of this beautiful ceremony the candles are lighted, the deacon spreads out the corporal as usual, placing the purificator near it.
Some memorial of this practice is preserved in the present custom of taking off the shoes of the principal persons who revere and kiss the cross on this day. When the Pope is about to make the first genuflection, the choir begins to sing the improperii, the sentiments of which, and the chant composed by Palestrina , are admirably adapted to the pathetic ceremony.
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