Many signs of devotion are done before a cross, such as crossing oneself, genuflecting, kneeling, devotions to the five wounds, or the service of the Stations of the Cross in the Catholic faith. ... But the significance of the cross was left to be explained. ...
For instant the fact the Joseph wanted to divorce Mary before the angel Michael had appeared. ... The cross over to Adventism that my mother took part in left me puzzled as a youngster. ... And if we had had the chance to read this book at that critical moment in our lives that the cross over would have been different. ...
The Johannine Jesus carries his cross all the way to Golgotha. ... John only includes Jesus" mother in two scenes: The wedding when water flowed to wine and at the cross where water and blood flow from Jesus. On the first Easter Sunday, Mary Magdalene is alone when she discovers that Jesus" corpse has vanished from Joseph of Arimathaea's garden tomb where it had been placed on Friday. ...
