[NYer]

Editor’s note: This article is courtesy of the Arlington Catholic Herald.

[NYer]

This practice was universal for the whole Church until about the twelfth century, but continues to be the practice for the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches and the Orthodox Churches.

Not true for the Maronite Church which follows the Latin practice of left to right. Ping!

[trisham]

The thumb, forefinger, and middle fingers were held together to symbolize the Holy Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Moreover, these fingers were held in such a way that they represented the Greek abbreviation I X C (Iesus Christus Soter, Jesus Christ Savior): the straight forefinger representing the I; the middle finger crossed with the thumb, the X; and the bent middle finger, the C. The ring finger and “pinky” finger were bent downward against the palm, and symbolize the unity of the human nature and divine nature, and the human will and divine will in the person of Christ. This practice was universal for the whole Church until about the twelfth century, but continues to be the practice for the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches and the Orthodox Churches.

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This is what I've always done. Is it incorrect? I am not Eastern Rite or Orthodox.

[Rodamala]

Greek clothing traditionally has the watch pocket and wallet pocket reversed.... Spectacles and testicles are the same however.

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[aMorePerfectUnion]

In Australia and New Zealand, they make this sign upside down.

[ADSUM]

At Mass this evening, Rev Ted Lawson, a visiting Redemptorist priest in his homily asked how to describe God?

His response was the Sign of the Cross... “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen”

It is directed as a prayer to God, but in the manner of not pointing outward toward Heaven instead it reflects back to us.

He called it the perfect prayer and that he liked to see at meals and even when a basketball player shoots at the free throw line.

[ealgeone]

This is more feel goodism teaching.

We have no Biblical support for making the sign of the cross as we see a lot of people do.