Let God Arise (Prayer of the Precious Cross)

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered; let those who hate Him flee from before His face. As smoke vanishes, so let them vanish; as wax melts before the fire, so let the demons perish before those who love God and who sign themselves with the sign of the Cross, and who say in gladness: Rejoice, most precious and life-giving Cross of the Lord, for thou drivest away the demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, who was crucified on thee, went down to hell and trampled on the power of the devil, and gave us thee, His honorable Cross, for driving away all enemies. O most precious and life-giving Cross of the Lord, help me, with the holy Lady Virgin Mother of God and with all the saints, unto the ages. Amen.