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Posted by Ed Layne --Previous Message--
on 12/17/2006, 3:19 am, in reply to "Why I am wearing a crucifix"
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: I'm not a nun and am not wearing it as
: an ornament.
: It's wooden and there is a
: multicolored miniature
: representation of a group of people,
: Our Lady and the
: rose of Saints above surrounding not
: Christ, as I
: thought when choosing it from the
: vast array of the
: ones available, but as the nun
: noticed with a
: surprised sweet smile San Francis.
: Actually, looking
: at it now I'm wondering whether the
: figure represented
: is Christ and whether she was
: talking about the type
: of cross - the bottom part is not
: staight but there
: is- very difficult to describe -
: another short
: horizontal piece cutting across the
: vertical one. So
: why am I wearing it? However natural
: it feels now, for
: me making this decision was a huge
: step. Why? Because
: of the fear that has always
: accompanied me along my
: faith journey of falling into
: superstition. The Saint
: Blaise ceremony really tested my
: comfort levels...That
: it is not, I felt I had the 'proof'
: a number of days
: ago when as I rushed to work I
: forgot to wear it for
: the first time - when I realised it,
: I didn't feel at
: ease at all - felt that something
: was missing - so
: fear I am wearing it out of a
: superstitious feel.
: Immediately afterwards that fear
: subsided at the
: memory of the colors embodying the
: Message- the red of
: the Passion and the blue of Our
: Lady's mantel with
: green glimpsing here and there. And
: along with these
: another reflection came regarding
: the sign of the
: Cross. In my tortuous journey that
: is something I
: never forgot to do but what I forgot
: was why it is
: done and what it means (purifying
: ourselves with the
: memory of His scars).What made me
: re-discover the true
: meaning and importance of such a
: frequently repeated
: gesture was talking to some Anglican
: and Evangelical
: friends who when I asked why don't
: you do it when
: entering/leaving the House of the
: Lord simply replied
: 'oh we simply don't have this
: habit'. It seems that
: for them is just a formality. They
: said we don't need
: to do it to remember what our Savior
: suffered for us. I
: know those friends well enough to
: ensure you that they
: don't but how many people risk to
: do...forgetting the
: Passion...forgetting the reasons He
: suffered such a
: death for us? for our sins? That's
: why even more now
: I personally feel unnecessarily too
: explicit
: crucifixes representing copiously
: the blood Christ
: poured for us and find ever so
: powerful the sight of a
: crucifix - unkown author -placed in
: one of the small
: chapels in the Duomo of Florence:
: very thin -
: virtually transparent light almost
: shines through
: (contrast also to the dark wooden
: represenation of
: Jesus on the cross on the main
: altar) - the
: Transfiguration comes to mind and
: how he must have
: appeared to the eyes of all those
: present - all His
: blood having left His worn out and
: now death pale
: body. In the name of the Father, the
: Son and the Holy
: Spirit.
:
: Thank you for such a wonderful thought. God Bless. Also, I love this new site. Amen. For the sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.
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