For those who have been attending mass regurlarly, you must have noticed that since last sunday (Fifth sunday of Lent) the crucifixes and other images and statues in your Church have been covered in purple cloth. Now, why is this so? What is it's significance? significance?

Well, the Fifth sunday of Lent is the beginning of the two weeks of 'passiontide' in the Church. The first week is known as the Passion week and the Second week which we shall begin tomorrow with The celebration of Palm sunday is known as 'HOLY WEEK'. Going through the readings of the Passion week, you'll notice the INCREASING HATRED the Jews had for Christ. They accused him of being a blasphemer, sorcerer, being possesed by an evil spirit and so on.

The old Gospel reading for Passion Sunday (fifth Sunday of Lent) from the eighth chapter of Saint John's Gospel ends with these words:
“They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But
Jesus hid himself and went out of the
temple.”-John 8:59. (This Gospel was read on Thursday).

According to Saint Augustine, at this moment when "Jesus hid himself," Christ in fact became invisible by virtue of His divine nature. Saint Augustine writes: He hides not Himself in a corner of the temple, as if afraid, or running into a cottage, or turning aside behind a wall or column: but by His Divine Power making Himself invisible, He PASSED THROUGH THEIR MIDST.
To help signify this mystery, Catholic statues and images are veiled with purple cloth on the evening before Passion Sunday. Jesus "hides Himself." The processional crucifix and other small crucifixes are unveiled for Veneration(Kissing of the crucifix) on GOOD FRIDAY. The other images and statues are unveiled on Holy Saturday. This is the moment at which the fast of Lent ends and the glory of Easter begins. This
unveiling reveals that Christ has revealed himself as risen and victorious..

So in Summary: "The veiling of the crucifixes and statues symbolizes the fact that Christ's
Divinity was hidden at the time of His Passion and
death, the very essence of Passiontide."

So when i kiss a cross...what does it mean...
Whats d spiritual impact it has on me

Dazl: So when i kiss a cross...what does it mean...
Whats d spiritual impact it has on me

It depends on you intentions.

Imagine if you see your husband kissing your picture with love and devotion. What impact do you think it will have on your love for him?

Relate it to Christ seeing us kiss his cross with love and devotion.

@ Richieboyn, thanks for the educative post.

italo: @ Richieboyn, thanks for the educative post.

Yea.... U welcome broda. I didn't know the picture I put didn't upload. Av uploaded one now.

italo: @ Richieboyn, thanks for the educative post.

Yea.... U welcome broda. I didn't know the picture I put didn't upload. Av uploaded one now..

italo:

It depends on you intentions.

Imagine if you see your husband kissing your picture with love and devotion. What impact do you think it will have on your love for him?

Relate it to Christ seeing us kiss his cross with love and devotion.

Christ would be so irked by the bolded...........

Besides what you have is not Christs cross but an object made at aba market.......

kissing dat pagan cross is like kissing a magic ring. The practice of covering statues(idols) with clothes is pagan and not biblical. Christ is not happy at such. @italo must be d pope's cousin to be defending clear paganism

Segeggs: kissing dat pagan cross is like kissing a magic ring. The practice of covering statues(idols) with clothes is pagan and not biblical. Christ is not happy at such. @italo must be d pope's cousin to be defending clear paganism

ijawkid:

Christ would be so irked by the bolded...........

Besides what you have is not Christs cross but an object made at aba market.......

*SUSPECTED LUNATICS IGNORED*

italo:



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NO,Its
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