Pope Shenouda III
In making the sign of the cross we remember God's love for us
We remember that the Cross is a sacrifice of love. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John.3: 16). We remember that “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us... we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son” (Rom.5: 8,10). In the cross we remember God's love toward us, because “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends” (John.15: 13).