Various Devotions
The Most Holy Trinity: One God
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
Make the Sign of the Cross, ✠ saying
IN the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
This sacred sign may be regarded as a compendium of all the mysteries of our Faith, as a homage rendered to the three Persons of the adorable Trinity, as an act of gratitude for all that the Godhead — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — has condescended to do in favor of man.
His Holiness, Pope Pius IX, by a brief, July 28, 1863, granted to all the faithful, every time that, with at least contrite heart, they shall make the sign of the cross, invoking at the same time the blessed Trinity with the words: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, an indulgence of 50 days.
His Holiness, Pope Pius IX, by a brief, March 23, 1876, granted to all the faithful, every time that, with at least contrite heart, they shall make the sign of the cross with holy water, pronouncing at the same time the above-mentioned words: In the name of the Father, etc., an indulgence of 100 days.
