The final chapter of the Didache refers to a sign of outspreading, or expansion, and many have understood this sign to be the sign of the Cross. On the Cross, Christ stretches out his arms in order to embrace all creation. In his Incarnation, he becomes small; on the Cross, he displays the magnitude, the unfathomable greatness, the sheer and inconceivable bigness, of divine love. Let us therefore make the sign of the Cross, the sign of this divine love, with reverence and deliberateness. This is not just a matter of rote external piety; it is a way constantly to call to mind the saving self-emptying and crucified love of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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