Picture this: you’re at your local grocery store shopping for dinner and someone asks you point blank: “What is Christianity?”
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Pope Benedict: To Make Christ Known Is A Most Precious Gift
Because of what we have received through the gift of faith, we are compelled to offer our life, our very self, as a gift to Christ and thus become instruments of his glory, which is accomplished by our complete cooperation in docility with the impulses of the Spirit, whom the Savior gives to those who love him.
Why Do Catholics Make The Sign of The Cross?
The Catholic custom of making the sign of the cross dates to the very earliest Christian times. Tertullian, writing in 211, said, “We furrow our forehead with the sign [of the cross].”