The Host is then raised before the priest's communionThe Sacred Species are brought to the main altarThe procession moves towards the altar of reposeVeneration of the CrossThe Cross is uncovered in three steps to the chant of : "ecce lignum Crucis, in quo salus mundi pependit" -- "here is the wood of the Cross on which was hung the Savior of the world"Our Lord dies on the CrossReading of the PassionReading of the propheciesMass of the presanctified. The minister is prostrate before unveiling the cross on which Our Lord died that day.
