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what's its meaning?
what does the cross mean to you?
to me it means salvation, love, hope, etc.....i would like to see your comments so i could learn more=))
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to me it means salvation, love, hope, etc.....i would like to see your comments so i could learn more=))
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Matthew
thanks Matt!!
lol i noe theres different ways u could look at the cross, thats why i asked for what u thught. haha lol
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There's one line in the Liturgy of St Gregory that always makes me think of the cross (although I know it's very vaguely related) where the priest says "You have turned my punishment into salvation". The fact that such a horrible, painful thing such as the cross can be turned into a beacon of hope and victory is just WOW. Can you imagine how hopeless the disciples must have felt at the time of the crucifixion? It's ironic that the same cross is what we now revere as a source of hope and salvation!
haha I said that I'm useless at expressing my feelings, but I hope at least some of what I've said is readable :P
Matthew
There's one line in the Liturgy of St Gregory that always makes me think of the cross (although I know it's very vaguely related) where the priest says "You have turned my punishment into salvation".
Yea I agree with LondonCopt...Until Christians started using it the way we do, the cross was the symbol of a curse. That's why they hung criminals on them, as a final humiliation. So to me, the Cross is a sign of change. Its a reminder that everything in the world completely turned on its head the moment Jesus died. How death turned into life, how the Immortal Son of God was killed, how the devil lost his power. So yeah it means love (that Jesus died for us), it means victory (over Satan's hold on humanity), it also symbolises the way that we have given up the world and 'carry our crosses' so to speak and it reminds us of the pain and humiliation that Jesus suffered on the Cross. It means a lot!
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I agree with all of you
I heard something about why we do the sign of the cross that way (up, down left right)
We start the sign of the cross on the top of our head then down
This represents that Jesus Christ came down from heaven to earth for our sake
From left to right : He brought us from His left side (the people who will go to hell will be on His left side) to His right side (The people who will go to Heaven with our Lord Gd and Savior Jesus Christ will be on his right )
Just wanted to share
Pray for us
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