SIGN OF THE CROSS

✝️WHY DO CATHOLIC MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ?

The will of God will be done when the kingdom of heaven, a perspective that sees God of heaven only, is replaced by the kingdom of God that sees God of BOTH heaven and earth.

Since we make the Sign of the Cross before and after our prayers, many Catholics don't realize that the Sign of the Cross is a prayer itself. It should be said with reverence; we shouldn't rush through it on the way to the next prayer. The Sign of the Cross is not merely a pious gesture but it is a powerful prayer.

Using your right hand, you should touch your forehead at the mention of the Father; the lower middle of your chest at the mention of the Son; and the left shoulder on the word "Holy" and the right shoulder on the word "Spirit."

    The Sign of the Cross

    "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."

The Lord be with you (Like the sign of the cross, the theological significance of the phrase “the Lord be with you” ) ✝️2 Thessalonians 3:16.

In the Sign of the Cross, we profess the deepest mysteries of the Christian Faith: the Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--and the saving work of Christ on the Cross on Good Friday. The combination of the words and the action are a creed—a statement of belief. We mark ourselves as Christians through the Sign of the Cross.

Then we (all nations) on the foot of the cross will be connected to the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit above on the cross. (✝️Mat 28:19)

✝️2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

✝️Ezekiel 9:4

and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”

✝️1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

✝️1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

✝️Galatians 6:14

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

✝️Matthew 28:19

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.