At MID AFTERNOON, the Faithful gather to commemorate the saving death of Jesus Christ. By dying on the Cross, He has freed us from the Ancient curse and restored us to the Dignity of the Sons and Daughters of God. On this day, the Church gathers to hear the Word of God, to Venerate the Wood of the Cross on which hung our Salvation, and to be nourished with the Eucharist, which was reserved from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.