If you are a little puzzled hearing that today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and wondering where you have been that you missed this being a regular Sunday thing, you could be excused. In the Roman church this feast is celebrated on September 14, and when that’s a Sunday, as it is every now and then, it takes precedence over the usual Sunday of Ordinary Time. One feature of this feast is that we hear a scripture reading that we don’t otherwise hear on any Sunday, and it’s that first reading from the Book of Numbers. The people of Israel are in the desert, and…