Prayer to St. Helen
Dear Saint Helen, Empress, we are told that many years after the Crucifixion of Jesus, you traveled to the Holy Land, searching ceaselessly for the True Cross on which Our Lord died. Legend has it that you did indeed excavate this holy relic, the image of our salvation. I venerate your memory and the burning devotion to the crucified Creator which you displayed. Help us all hold the Cross always in our hearts, remembering that Our Savior died, hanging on the cross, in expiation for all of our sins. Please, Saint Helen, pray to God for me, and help me to be reminded each time I see a cross, of the epochal sacrifice made for us, and the sweet salvation gained for us, by Jesus, Man, Son of God, and God Himself, in the divine mystery of the Holy Trinity. Amen
