5 things you didn't know about the crucifix

🟢Need EXTRA HELP to GROW in your FAITH? Check out our ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM!🟢https://l.reconquista.arautos.org/en-pv-reconquest-2025-127?podcast=250731🔴 Consecrate yourself to Mary Most Holy for FREE. Find out more: 🔴https://l.reconquest.heralds.org/en-lp-consecration-virgin-mary/?t=&podcast=2507310:00 The Crucifix: Symbolism in Catholicism12:49 The Cross as a Symbol of Glory, Not Slavery21:05 The Sign of the Cross as a Symbol of Redemption26:20 Restoring Divine Habits in the Modern Era38:32 The Cross as a Sign of Prayer and Salvation42:00 Emulating Divine LovePrayer Before the CrucifixLook down upon me, good and gentle Jesuswhile before Thy face I humbly kneel and,with burning soul,pray and beseech Theeto fix deep in my heart lively sentimentsof faith, hope, and charity;true contrition for my sins,and a firm purpose of amendment.While I contemplate,with great love and tender pity,Thy five most precious wounds,pondering over them within meand calling to mind the words which David,the prophet, said of Thee, my Jesus:“They have pierced My hands and My feet,they have numbered all My bones.”Amen.