Episode Transcript
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In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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We Christians take that sign,
that gesture for granted,
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but it really is the foundation of our faith.
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The sign of the cross,
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which is really the story of Jesus death and resurrection
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in our life, in our world,
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in the whole of creation.
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And that becomes very personal
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and communal when we make
the sign of the cross for ourselves.
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We're touching our heads, our minds,
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and we're asking God to enlighten our minds
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so that we might see His life
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and His presence everywhere,
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in us, in others, in the world around us,
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indeed, in the whole cosmos.
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We're asking that our minds
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might be enlightened by the power of the cross,
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Christ's death and His resurrection.
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We touch our hearts,
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in baptism God's love is poured into our hearts
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through the Spirit.
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And we pray that that love may continue to grow within us,
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so that in our hearts
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we might return to God the love that God has poured
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into our own hearts.
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And we might be a sign of God's love to all,
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particularly those in need,
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those in distress, those who are vulnerable.
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We ask that our own hearts might enlarge
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to reflect the heart of God.
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And then we touch our shoulders, our arms.
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We're praying that our minds and our hearts
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might be put into service.
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To use our bodies,
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our hands, our arms,
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in service, to reach out to others
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so that we might encounter Christ in the other.
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And so the sign of the cross
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is a very powerful gesture even
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though we take it for granted.
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We might start our day
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and finish our day with that sign.
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What we are doing is making God's claim upon us.
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Claims of our mind, our hearts,
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and our very bodies,
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our hands in service.
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So as we make that sign,
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may it be a powerful witness to us.
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The love, the God that's in our minds,
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a love poured into our hearts,
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a love put into the service of all.
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In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
