And use that sign, eating and drinking, sitting and lying, rising from bed, conversing and walking; in one word, use it on all occasions.”—Catech. iv. n. xiv. p. 58. Again, Catech. xiii. n. xxii. xxxvi. p. 194, 200.
St. AMBROSE, L. C.-“The Christian people no longer undergo the pain of circumcision; but carrying with them the death of Christ, they imprint it every moment on the forehead,(5) knowing that, without the Cross of our Lord, they cannot be saved.”—Ep. lxxii. T. ii. p. 1073.
ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, G. C.-“Let no one then be ashamed of these symbols of our salvation, of these signs. The Passion of our Lord is the origin, is the fountain of that happiness by which we live and are. With a joyous heart, as if it were a crown, let us carry about with us the Cross of Christ. For by it is consummated whatever pertains to our salvation. When we are baptised, the Cross of Christ is there; so also, when we partake of the most holy food of the Eucharist, and in every other sacred exercise. Wherefore, let us, with much earnestness, impress this Cross on our houses and our walls, and our windows, on our foreheads also and on our breasts.(a) It is the sign of our salvation, of our common liberty, of the meekness and humility of our Lord. As often then as you sign yourself, pass over in your mind the general concern of the Cross, suppress all the workings of anger and the other passions, and fortify your breast with firmness. It should be made not only on the body, but with great confidence on the mind. If it be done in this manner, not one of the wicked spirits when he sees the spear that inflicted the deadly wound, will dare to assail you.' Homil. lv. in Mat. c. xvi. T. vii. p. 551.
St. JEROM, L. C.-" Before every action, at every step,
