Do you make the Sign of the Cross after the homily?

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In my parish we are encouraged to do the Sign of the Cross after the homily. The preist says “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”.

Is that the norm elsewhere?
 
We make the sign of the cross any time the Trinity is mentioned, so we would in the case you described.
 
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In my parish we are encouraged to do the Sign of the Cross after the homily. The preist says “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”.

Is that the norm elsewhere?
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Ordinary Latin rite? I think, once at the very beginning of the Mass and another at the blessing at the end of Mass. Also at the opening of the Gospel proclamation, and after receiving the Eucharist. Other times for the people are personal and not based on the rubrics (like taking Holy Water, and genuflection).

In the Byzantine Divine Liturgy we do it often, but with a bow.
 
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Yes, the Ordinary form of the Mass.

I think it has become a norm because our priest is known to be quite traditional. I suspect he is trying to include some things from the Extraordinary form of Mass 🙂
 
Yes, but only if the priest ends the homily with "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”.

My parish has two priests. One does it, the other does not.
 
We have three priests, and only one of them does it.

However, even though the others end the homily with a simple “amen”, everybody still make the Sign of the Cross. It has become the standard.
 
No. I don’t. I haven’t noticed any other parishioners do it either.
 
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In my parish we are encouraged to do the Sign of the Cross after the homily. The preist says “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”.

Is that the norm elsewhere?
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Yes I do and I use my handcross to bless myself.
 
Nope. Been to Mass in may parishes, never heard it said. And no, it is not required.
 
Generally, we do not have nor have had any priests do this at the end of their homilies at our parish. However, we just got a new priest and in his first homily yesterday, he did it and we all followed along.

So, while there is nothing in the rubrics about it, it is up to the individual homilist if he wishes to do that.
 
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