O Crux Ave | Palestrina | Schola Diffusa

O crux ave, spes unica Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594) Recorded and released by Schola Diffusa during Lent — in what we hope are the waning days of the pandemic. TRANSLATION: O hail the cross our only hope in this passiontide grant increase of grace to believers and remove the sins of the guilty. ORIGINAL LATIN: O Crux ave, spes unica, hoc Passionis tempore! piis adauge gratiam, reisque dele crimina.