Missions.
Following the prequel "Missions" GC96AMM, a series on the theme of Missions.
This series will be enriched with my discoveries.
But who are they? How did they get there? Why ? By who ?
For many of us, we never really thought about it.
A little national history ...
(I want to make it clear that the following is only cited for its historical interest!)
A mission cross is a monument erected in memory of a mission: many were erected after the revolutionary turmoil, where it was necessary, for the representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, to restore religious practice, but many others. date from the nineteenth or twentieth century.
Usually it bears an inscription (that of the preacher) and the date of this mission.
A cross was erected each time a missionary came to bring the good news to the parishioners. Each of the crosses, also known as the Cross of the Passion, bore the symbols of the Passion of Christ:
- the rooster, recalling the word of Jesus announcing to Peter his betrayal before the rooster crows three times,
- the “INRI” sign of the Cross: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
the hammer and nails of the crucifixion
- the sponge soaked in vinegar (posca) presented to Jesus on the Cross
- the hand recalling the slap given to Jesus at the trial
- the whip because Jesus is whipped before being crucified
- the Jesus branch is acclaimed by the crowd.
- the bread and the cup of the Eucharist made at the last meal of Jesus with the apostles
- the crown of thorns made by the executioners and placed on the head of Jesus
- the sword that Peter draws to defend Jesus
- the vase of perfume that Pontius Pilate takes to wash his hands
- the spear used by the soldier to pierce the side of Christ
- the pincers and the ladder to lower the body of Jesus from the Cross
- the column on which Jesus is tied to be whipped
- the face of Christ to remind Veronica wiping the face of Christ
- the denarii of Judas recalling that he sold Jesus for thirty denarii
- the dice used by the soldiers to share the clothes of Jesus
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