(R) Redeem us and make us redeemers by the mystery of the Cross
1)Living the example of Jesus Christ, fidelity to our commitment as religious, will lead to the cross. Father Moreau writes: "Jesus himself told us that following him is reduced to three things: renouncing ourselves, taking up our cross, and walking in his footsteps. The cross is not merely a possibility in religious life, nor even a probability; it is an inevitability.
2) God, you who called the world into being, you who created women and men and set them free to live in love, in obedience and especially to those of us called to live in the religious community of Holy Cross, grant a deeper insight into the mystery of the cross, we pray