Per signum crucis

General information

Communion for Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 Sep); for the Invention of the Holy Cross (3 May) an Eastertide Alleluia is added.

Settings by composers

• Francesco Durante SATB
• Francisco Guerrero SATB
• Nobuaki Izawa SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Per signum crucis de inimicis nostris, libera nos Domine, Deus noster. Omnis terra adoret te et psallat tibi psalmum dicat nomini tuo, Domine.

English translation By the sign of the cross from our enemies, deliver us, O Lord, our God. Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee a psalm to thy name, O Lord.