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Last night after I prayed with the Sisters, a person came into the chatroom and asked why Catholics make the sign of the cross. I got excited. I quickly leaned forward in my seat, fingers at the ready to answer the question when I suddenly realized: I don't know why Catholics make the sign of the cross. Awkward.
Luckily, someone answered something to the affect that we are acknowledging the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).
Here's what wikipedia had to say about the sign of the cross:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_cross
So, now we know why Catholics (and other Christians) make the sign of the Cross.
You know the nice thing about having "awkward" in your blogs name is that you can end the blog awkwardly without worrying if it'll sound awkward- it's supposed to be awkward.
For the longest time I felt really weird doing the sign of the cross, because I didn't know why we were all doing it. Was I allowed to do it, even though I didn't know? Was there a secret meeting I missed?
ReplyDeleteBut then I learned it's okay to not know everything, but at the same time to keep asking questions.
I think sometimes as a "Cradle Catholic" I feel ashamed to ask questions about my faith...but it's really the best way to learn and gorw in our faith.
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