“If now I seek the forgiveness of sins, I
do not run to the cross, for I will not find it given there… But I will find in
the sacrament or Gospel the word which distributes, presents, offers, and gives
to me that forgiveness which was won on the Cross.” (AE 40, 214)
"There is no reason for the processional Cross without the Sacrament"
There is always a reason for the cross! it's the reason for everything. (see post on bloghardt's rule 3). it is the reason we are saved, the reason we know our place in heaven, the reason we can accept every and anything as a gift from the hand of God. "If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is our faith." (1 Cor 15:14) Without the cross, our fiath is useless, our teachings are useless, all of christianity is useless. just beause a church doesn't have communion every sunday is no reason not to have the cross every sunday. you don't take down the big cross over the alter just because we have a matins service. (although i've already had rounds about why not have Communion every sunday...)
