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Some melodies of the Chant were changed quite dramatically, the "Christus Factus Est for example, which in the Roman books technically goes outside the mode on the word "crucis" gloriously so!

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The celebrant laying aside the chasuble receives from a deacon a Cross covered with a black veil which is removed by degrees, and presenting it to the assistants says: "Ecce lignum crucis".

More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel 2009

Instead of seeing the cross as a reminder of God-with-us in the flesh-and-blood sufferings of the world - a theologia crucis - the cross has been turned into a sanitized symbol of victory and ecclesial triumphalism - a theologia gloriae.

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Art, Censorship, and the Scandal of the Cross Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2011

At the centre of the altar he uncovers it in full, saying in a still louder tone, "Ecce lignum crucis"; the same response being made for the last time; it is then carried to the steps of the altar, the Pope and all present kneeling.

More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel 2009

Instead of seeing the cross as a reminder of God-with-us in the flesh-and-blood sufferings of the world - a theologia crucis - the cross has been turned into a sanitized symbol of victory and ecclesial triumphalism - a theologia gloriae.

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Art, Censorship, and the Scandal of the Cross Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2011

The Tenors answer "In quo salus" and the whole choir "Venite adoremus" when all prostrate themselves except the celebrant who, advancing to the Gospel side of the altar uncovers the right arm of the Cross, repeating in a louder voice "Ecce lignum crucis," the choir responding as before.

More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel 2009

* A Via-crucis do corpo (1974) – The Stations of the Body

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Ecce lignum crucis: this is the beginning of the parousia of the divine judge, and at the sight of the triumphal banner of redemption, whilst the Church prostrates herself low in adoration, the powers of hell flee away terror-stricken into the abyss.

She Doesn't Pay Her Musicians! John 2008

In fact, the word ‘excruciating’ derives from the Latin ex crucis, which denotes ‘from being crucified.’

The Shroud Codex Ph.D Jerome R. Corsi 2010

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.

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