When we make the sign of the cross

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


When we make the sign of the cross, we remember many of its divine and spiritual meanings
We remember God's love for us, who for the sake of our salvation accepted to die for us: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Is.53: 6). When we make the sign of the cross, we remember “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John.1: 29), and that “He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (IJohn.2: 2)