The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Paramount Pictures
Cecil B. DeMille
Sally Rand as the Crocodiles' Victim
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Saint Roch
1295-1327
Feast day: August 16
Patronage: dogs, invalids, skin rashes, invoked against the plague and pestilence
Saint Roch was a French noble, orphaned at 20. Legend claims that he had a red cross birthmark on his chest. He gave all his possessions away and made a pilgrimage to Rome, where he cared for plague victims. When he contracted the disease himself, he retired to a woods to die. It is said that a dog befriended him, brought him bread and licked his wounds. A spring arose where he laid. He recovered and traveled back to France where he was imprisoned as a spy and died. It was then that he was identified as Roch because of the red cross on his chest. An archconfraternity of St. Roch still is active today.
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Anne Haathaway (born 1982, USA)
Crucifixion: right inner wing of the Sebastian Altarpiece, circa 1509-1516. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480-1538). Saint Florian Monastery, Sankt Florian, Austria.
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SIGN OF THE CROSS BANNED OUTSIDE ABORTUARY
They fear the power of our prayers.
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Um Jammer Lammy invites her Main Maidens to her church’s Friday Fish Fry !
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[With the Sign of the Cross], you consecrate the whole of your life to God by claiming for yourself the Cross of Christ, and naming the God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and who invites you through the Cross of Jesus to be part of God's life.
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York (x)
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The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Paramount Pictures
Cecil B. DeMille
Claudette Colbert as Empress Poppaea
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The Sign of the Cross is one of Christianity's most ancient customs.
It is a sign of blessing and commitment to the Crucified Lord. Tertullian (c. 160 - 240), an ancient Christian writer in North Africa first mentions the Sign of the Cross: "We Christians wear out our foreheads with the Sign of the Cross."
A simple custom, it is a statement of Christian faith which incorporates the entire body. Like many ancient customs, it has been performed in a diversity of ways over the centuries. Current Orthodox Christian practice, used by all since the 17th century, involves combining the thumb, pointer, and middle finger while placing the ring finger and the pinky against the palm. The unity of the three fingers represents the unity of the undivided Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three persons but one God. The two fingers pressed against the palm represent the two natures of Christ: human and divine. It indicates our belief in Jesus, who is fully God and fully human. Our motion, of course, recalls the cross: forehead, stomach, right shoulder and left shoulder, but also the God who is Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
As one moves through the sign, one recites, at the forehead, "In the name of the Father": at the navel, "and of the Son"; and across the shoulders, "and of the Holy Spirit, Amen." It is as if to say "I love you Lord with all of my mind (forehead), with all of my soul (navel), with all of my strength (right shoulder) and with all of my heart (left shoulder)." Done at various times as a sign of reverence, it is traditionally made before kissing an icon or the Gospel book; and during the Liturgy, whenever the Holy Trinity or the Virgin Mary is mentioned; before and after the Gospel is read; when lighting candles and during the creed. In short, few actions are so simple and yet symbolize so much of our Christian faith.
[Source of text: The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom (with Commentary and Notes)]
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Claudette Colbert in a publicity still for Sign of the Cross 1932
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