Traditional Catholic prayer
The Sign of the Cross
Invoking the Holy Trinity and remembering the Cross.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 137.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 137.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- The Sign of the Cross invokes the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost while marking oneself with the sign of Christ’s Cross.
- Prayer intention
- Invoking the Holy Trinity and remembering the Cross.
- When to pray
- It may be prayed in the morning, during the day, in the evening and at any time.
- Languages
- English and Latin
- Latin prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 161. View the Latin source.
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 137. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
The Sign of the Cross
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 137.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.