"It is incomprehensible how Jesus Christ is united with the sign
of the Cross, and gives it the wonderful power of driving away passions, demons,
and to calm the troubled soul.
It is likewise incomprehensible how the spirit of our Lord Jesus
Christ is united with the bread and wine, transforming them into His own Flesh
and Blood, and manifestly cleansing our soul from sins,
bringing into it heavenly peace and tranquillity and making it good, gentle,
humble, and full of hearty faith and
hope.
[...] In order
that the unbelieving heart should not think that both the sign of the Cross and
the name of Christ act miraculously by themselves, apart from and independently
of Christ Himself, this same Cross and name of Christ do not perform any
miracles, until I see Jesus Christ with the eyes of my heart, or by faith, and
until I believe with my whole heart all that which He has accomplished for our
salvation.
“I am with you always, even unto the end of the
world."
John of Kronstadt (1829-1908;
Russian Orthodox): My Life in Christ
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