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Big Moment! Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pope Leo XIV to meet
Solemn Profession and Ordination to Diaconate
WHY THE SIGN OF THE CROSS SHIFTS REALITY
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BIG moment 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet with the Pope—marking the first known in-person encounter between Pope Leo XIV and a U.S. cabinet official in nearly a year.
The development is drawing attention from American Catholics, including a key conservative voting bloc.
Contacted by Corriere, Kelsey Reinhardt, President & CEO of CatholicVote, called it “welcome news and a sign of hope,” noting Rubio is not only America’s top diplomat but also a Catholic who understands the moral and spiritual weight of the Holy See’s global voice.
She added the meeting could strengthen communication between U.S. leaders and the Holy Father.
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Canonry of Verapoly
Canonry of Verapoly thanks the Risen Lord for the continuous graces showered upon for the growth and mission of the infant canonry. The Canonry received an Easter gift in the person of Rev. Dn. Jobin Antony O. Praem. He made his solemn profession to the Order on 20th April 2026 during the eucharistic celebration presided over by our Prelate Very. Rev. Fr. Jaison John O. Praem. He was ordained to the office of diaconate on 22nd April 2026 by His Excellency Christudas Rajappan, the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum.
Dn. Jobin Antony hails from St. Nicholas Church, Puthiyathura in the archdiocese of Trivandrum in Kerala. He was born on 13th December 2000 as the second of three sons of Mr. Antony (Late) and Mrs. Stella. Desiring to be a religious priest he joined the Norbertine Order in June 2015 and completed his canonical novitiate during the academic year 2018-19. He completed his philosophical studies at St. Charles Seminary, Nagpur and is currently pursuing his theological training at St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary Carmelgiri, Alwaye. The Canonry of Verapoly gladly receives him to our religious communion and wishes him God’s blessings upon his diaconate ministry and preparation towards priestly ordination.
Courtesy of Premonstratensian FB post
It takes only a few seconds.
A hand to the forehead.
To the chest.
To the shoulders.
“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
Simple.
Familiar.
Almost automatic.
And yet, nothing about it is small.
IT IS NOT A GESTURE, IT IS A DECLARATIONWhen you make the Sign of the Cross, you are not performing a religious habit.
You are proclaiming allegiance.
You are marking yourself publicly and spiritually with the sign of Christ’s victory.
The Cross is not merely a symbol of suffering.
It is the place where sin was defeated, where death was overturned, where the enemy lost his claim.
To trace that sign upon yourself is to step under that victory again.
That is not decorative.
That is decisive.
IT INVOKES A NAME THAT CHANGES THINGS“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
This is not poetry.
It is invocation.
In Scripture, to act in the Name of God is to act under His authority.
At Mass, the very first words are not greetings.
They are divine invocation.
The Trinity is called upon.
And when God is invoked with faith, the atmosphere shifts.
Not emotionally.
Spiritually.
You are no longer operating merely in human space.
You have placed yourself consciously before the living God.
IT RECALLS YOUR BAPTISMThe first time that Sign was traced over you, it was not by your own hand.
It marked your entrance into Christ.
It claimed you.
It sealed you.
Every time you make it again, you are remembering who you belong to.
You are reaffirming identity.
And identity changes posture.
A baptized soul does not stand before God casually.
It stands as one redeemed.
IT REORDERS YOUR INTERIOR WORLDWatch what happens when you make it slowly.
Your thoughts gather. Your body stills. Your focus sharpens.
The Sign of the Cross aligns mind, heart, and body.
Forehead, your thoughts. Chest, your desires. Shoulders, your strength and burdens.
Everything is brought under the Cross.
That alignment is not psychological.
It is spiritual reordering.
WHY IT MATTERS HOW YOU MAKE ITRushed, careless, distracted, it becomes habit.
Slow, deliberate, conscious, it becomes surrender.
The Church begins Mass with the Cross because nothing else makes sense without it.
No reading. No offering. No consecration.
Everything flows from that sign.
It is the key that opens the mystery.
SO,Next time you trace the Cross upon yourself,
Do not do it mechanically.
Do it as a declaration.
Do it as remembrance.
Do it as surrender.
Because in that brief movement, you are stepping again into the victory of Christ.
And that shift, though invisible, reshapes everything that follows.
This reflection is only a glimpse.In my book, The Mass Unveiled: Encountering Heaven on Earth, I unfold the entire mystery of the Mass, so that even the smallest gestures reveal their depth.
God bless you.
