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The Sign Of The Cross, St. Francis de Sales As a rule, the Sign of the Cross is made ... with the right hand, which as Justin Martin says, is esteemed the most worthy of the two. It is made either with three fingers, in order to signify the Blessed Trinity, or five , in order to signify the Savior's five wounds. The Christian... moves his hand downward toward the stomach , saying "and of the Son", in order to show that the Son proceed from the Father, who sent Him here below into the Virgin's womb . Finally, he pulls his hand across from the left shoulder to the right... we're moved from the left, the hand of the curse, to the right, the hand of the blessing. Note: Mt 25:33  "and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left"

...Now when Samuel was twelve years old , he began to prophecy: and when he was once asleep, God called to him by his name; but he supposing he had been called by the High Priest, came to him. But when the High Priest said he did not call him, God did so thrice... Antiquities of the Jews — Book V

Gen 3:3 -> God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die'. Luke 1:42 -> [Elizabeth] exclaimed with a loud cry...blessed is the fruit of your womb! John 6:51 -> ...I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever

...and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.  22  And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open Isaiah 22:22 They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger Matthew 23:4 And I tell you, you are Peter,[d] and on this rock[e] I will build my church, and the powers of death[f] shall not prevail against it.[g] 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,[h] and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven Matthew 16:18 Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs .” 16 A second time he said to him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, L...