{"id":2454,"date":"2012-09-14T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/09\/get-out-your-hot-cross-buns-its-roodmas.html"},"modified":"2012-09-14T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T08:31:00","slug":"get-out-your-hot-cross-buns-its-roodmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/09\/get-out-your-hot-cross-buns-its-roodmas.html","title":{"rendered":"Get out your hot cross buns: It’s Roodmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Roodmas? \u00a0Hot cross buns? \u00a0Yes, September 14 is not important because that is the day Francis Scott Key wrote the words for the Star Spangled Banner \u2013 though that is certainly noteworthy. \u00a0No, for Christians everywhere this is the day commonly known as the\u00a0Exaltation\u00a0of the Holy Cross<\/a>. The term \u2018Rood\u2019 is from an old Anglo-Saxon term meaning Rod, but often used to signify the True Cross*. <\/p>\n

The cross is big. \u00a0It is the symbol of the faith. \u00a0Catholics and Orthodox and all Christians of the historic faith, including not a few from some Protestant traditions, use the sign of the cross as a constant reminder of the power of the cross which symbolizes Jesus Christ and Him crucified, the sole object of St. Paul\u2019s preaching. \u00a0That\u2019s why Catholic cross themselves for a host of reasons: \u00a0Entering a Church, before and after prayers, at their baptism, traveling past a church (to honor Jesus in the Tabernacle), why the list is endless. \u00a0Catholics used to believe \u2013 and I personally think nothing wrong with keeping this up in light of the state of modern things \u2013 that using the sign of the cross was a ward against demons.<\/p>\n

So there you go. \u00a0The Cross. \u00a0Reflect on it today. \u00a0Meditate\u00a0on what it is and why it is important to the salvation and souls of all believers around the world, and indeed, all humans. \u00a0Eat some hot cross buns, and open up the Scriptures, which we are told\u00a0repeatedly\u00a0that Christ\u2019s Death, Burial, and Resurrection fulfilled, and see the power of where this promise of eternal life originates. \u00a0And next time you\u2019re driving by a church or cathedral, remember the old custom of crossing yourself. \u00a0It\u2019s a great habit to get into.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Christ did not send me to baptize,AF<\/a>)\u201d><\/sup>\u00a0but to preach the gospel\u2014not with wisdomAG<\/a>)\u201d><\/sup>\u00a0and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For the message of the cross is foolishness<\/span>AH<\/a>)\u201d><\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>to those who are perishing,<\/span>AI<\/a>)\u201d><\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>but to us who are being saved<\/span>AJ<\/a>)\u201d><\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>it is the power of God.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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*By the way, the term \u2018rood\u2019 as cross was once a word by which people would swear, hence\u00a0Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet attests to Queen Gertrude, \u201cNo, by the rood, not so: You are the queen, your husband\u2019s brother\u2019s wife; And\u2013would it were not so!\u2013you are my mother<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roodmas? \u00a0Hot cross buns? \u00a0Yes, September 14 is not important because that is the day Francis Scott Key wrote the words for the Star Spangled Banner \u2013 though that is certainly noteworthy. \u00a0No, for Christians everywhere this is the day commonly known as the\u00a0Exaltation\u00a0of the Holy Cross. 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