Head Cross Bow Term for the Catholic human gesture of the cross?
What is the specific term for the gesture of a Catholic bowing his/her head slightly and touching his/her head, shoulders, and chest with one of their hands (forms a gestural cross).
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The sign of the cross is a pious gesture that originated in the first century, and was already a very widespread practice by the second century. It is not an innovation of the Roman Catholic Church, as many people imagine. It may be that early bishops applied chrism (anointing oil) by tracing a cross on the person’s forehead, and the gesture originated when people wanted to reaffirm their anointing afterwards by using their right thumb to trace the sign of the cross on their forehead. The gesture quickly developed into its modern form, where the right hand moves from the forehead to the chest, then from shoulder to shoulder. Eastern Christians cross themselves right to left, and Western Christians cross themselves left to right. It is customary to cross oneself at the beginning and ending of any prayer, at the words “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” , before or after receiving Communion, and at certain points in the liturgy. It is common for the clergy to make the sign of the cross over the elements of the Lord’s Supper as they are being consecrated, and over people and objects as they are being blessed. The sign of the cross is also helpful at times when you are moved to pray but at a loss for words. If you are interested in this very ancient and Christian custom, here’s how to cross yourself.
Use your right hand, even if you are left-handed. Hold your thumb and first two fingers together, and fold the other two fingers down against the base of your thumb.
The three fingers represent the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; the two fingers folded down represent the human and divine natures of Jesus Christ.
Begin by touching your forehead, thus we confess that He Who is our one true and eternal Head gave us Himself as head over all Churches; that is, over His body, including each and every believer.
Next, touch your chest or stomach, confessing Jesus’ descent into the belly of the earth. Here we also clearly proclaim His conception without human seed in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and His dwelling there for nine months.
Then, we touch our right shoulder, and so we confess that Christ sits at the right hand of God the Father.
Finally, we touch our left shoulder, signifying that He will come again for judgment and will render unto those on the left everlasting punishment, but unto those on the right everlasting life.
And so, having signed ourselves with the holy and precious Cross, we come before God in adoration, beseeching Him to deliver us from the lot of those on the left and to grant us His blessing. The movement traces a cross over our body. By crossing yourself, you are taking up your cross and following Jesus.
In the Roman manner of crossing, the movement goes from the left shoulder to the right, and represents Jesus’ descent into hell, the left side, and His ascension into Heaven, the right side.
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I purchased a Head Crossbow airflow 7. I liked it. It is a pain having it strung. A stringer broke it and the racquet is only 4 months old. I sent it back to Head this last week and they are going to replace it. I told them that I did not want the Crossbow replaced, and they said they didn’t have one anyway. But they would probably replace it with a Three Star. I said that I wanted an arm friendly racquet, maybe like the Youtek Radical OS. The rep said that he thought that would be too heavy. What racquet should I insist that they replace the Crossbow with? I used to play with Prince Classic OS but I wanted a little more power. Now I am using Wilson Ncode 6 which gives me more power.