Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The Sign of the Cross
In all travels and movements, in all our coming in and going out, in putting on our shoes, at the bath, at the table, in lighting our candles, in lying down, in sitting down, whatever employment occupies us, we mark our forehead with the sign of the cross.
Tertullian
[B]y the sign of the cross. . . all magic is stayed, all sorcery confounded, all idols are abandoned and deserted, and ll senseless pleasure ceases, as the eye of faith looks up to heaven from the earth.
Athanasius
In the morning, when you rise, make the sign of the cross and say, "in the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen."
Martin Luther
