Cardinal Dolan reflects on recovering the essentials of the Catholic faith
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop emeritus of New York. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Jan 7, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA).
As the new year gets underway, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has issued a simple yet profound invitation to the faithful: to “recover” things that are worthwhile in order to nourish one’s daily life of faith.
In a Jan. 5 X post, the now archbishop emeritus of New York kicked off a series of reflections about what he called “things worth recovering. In other words, devotions, practices, the essentials, some of the essentials of Catholic life, that maybe we’ve lost track of over the last decades.”
“Let’s start with what I think is one of the basics: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The sign of the cross. Almost a hallmark of being a Catholic. The identifying feature,” the cardinal continued.
I’m going to start something new the next couple of weeks: “Worth Recovering!” In other words, devotions, practices, and some of the essentials of Catholic life that we’ve lost track of over the last decades. Let’s start with one of the basics: the Sign of the Cross.… pic.twitter.com/lezKeCnxNX
— Cardinal Dolan (@CardinalDolan) January 5, 2026
“When we make the sign of the cross reverently, never in some superstitious breezy way, when we make that sign of the cross with faith, you’re expressing faith in the Most Blessed Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit,” the cardinal emphasized.
Dolan added that the sign of the cross expresses one’s faith “in the power of the most holy cross of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as we trace his cross on our body.”
“To say that before meals, to say that when we get up in the morning, to do that before we go to bed, to make the sign of the cross before and after our prayers during the day. Hallelujah! Worth recovering,” he concluded.
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/268925/Cardinal-Dolan-reflects-on-recovering-the-essentials-of-our-Catholic-faith
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