| Additional Short Preface | |||
| The Holy Cross | |||
| And now we give you thanks | |||
| because for our sins he was lifted high upon the cross, | |||
| that he might draw the whole world to himself; | |||
| and, by his suffering and death, | |||
| became the source of eternal salvation | |||
| for all who put their trust in him. | |||
| This Preface can also be used on 14 September. | |||