Would you like to tell us something about the power of the cross?
The sign of the cross is the greatest power that we Christians have,
but it is also the only symbol that scares and frightens Satan very
much. I will tell you a story and you will understand
for yourself how great the power of the cross is.
I was recently reading in a book that in the early Christian era,
a great persecution against Christians began in some place.
One of the first to be arrested was a pious despot.
They subjected him to some tortures and in the end, to expose him that
the cross has no power, they gave him a glass full of potent
poison. They gave it to him to drink and told him
to drink it and if nothing happens to you, then your faith is true.
But a Jew who was there, who had denounced this despot
that he was a Christian in order to kill him,
what did he do? He said to the commander, don't let him make the cross because then they will
be witches and nothing will happen. The despot
The despot took the glass. He was upset that he wouldn't let him make the sign of the
cross because he knew what power the sign of the cross had and then listen to what
he did. He took the glass and with his thumb he made the sign of the cross
on the rim of the glass and said to the commander, "Where do you want me to drink it from
here, from here, from here or from here?" At that moment, the commander didn't understand that the
despot made the sign of the cross on the censer in this way.
Wherever you want, press it. He said, "You really said it." The despot didn't suffer anything. The
power of the cross had worked. Once again, the glass was left alone,
a little poison at the bottom. Then what does the despot do? He gives this cup to the
Jew who had betrayed him and says to him, "Drink the rest, the
least, and if you don't suffer anything, it means that your faith is
true." The Jew turned yellow, he didn't know what to do, but it was the
commander's order for him to drink the rest. As soon as he said it, of course, he immediately
died. Everyone understood how great the
power of the cross is, and it is indeed very great power. That's why all
Christians knew that their power in all evils and in the torment that
Satan did to them was the sign of the cross. That's why when they ate, before
they ate, before they drank, before they did anything, they made the sign of the cross and
those they crucified. But correctly. Not like us who do it as a cell.
See how we do it. Like this. Well, all Christians still
made the sign of the cross in all forms,
in all the actions of their lives. Something that we forget today, however,
we have completely forgotten. We do not make the sign of the cross and
we are still ashamed to wear the sign of the cross in front of our chest. But
this is our strength. This scares Satan. All our saints,
how they fought Satan with the sign of the honor and life-giving cross.
I was also reading another story about Saint George, when the Magus Athanasius
gave him a very potent poison at the emperor's command for
George to drink, Saint George, in order to die. He said it, made the
sign of the cross, but he did not suffer anything. But we also need to have
faith in our Christ, to have faith in the cross, because our faith is
what activates its power. Therefore, I would simply like to advise
all of you to make the sign of the cross many times before you eat and
before you drink and before you do anything. That was the power of the cross on
your soul. But do not forget to wear the cross of Christ
in front of our chest. We all must have a cross to wear. This
is the confession of our faith in our Christ. This is what will scare
