Vespers on Good FridayThe host is then raised before the priest's communion.The Sacred Species are brought back to the main altarThe procession moves towards the altar of reposeThe cross is placed above the altarVeneration 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 CrossChanting of the PassionMass of the presanctified. The ministers are prostrate before unveiling the Cross on which Our Lord died that day. During this time, the acolytes prepare the altar
