FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY CROWN OF THORNS
In aliquibus locis, the Friday after Ash Wednesday was celebrated as the feast of the Most Holy Crown of Thorns.
COLLECT
Grant, we beseech you, O God, that as we venerate the Crown of Thorns on earth as a memorial of the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, so we may merit in heaven to be crowned with its glory and honour. Who live and reign in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God for ever and ever. Amen.
Pray this day especially for the people of Paris, where the relic is kept, now displaced from the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.