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69 HOW MANY ARE THERE AND WHAT ARE THEY? There are many objects and each one has its own specific meaning and function. Here are the ones that concern: The altar: The cross: with the figure of Christ in the center. The cross is: • The instrument of Christ’s Passion and glorification, just as he himself foretold as his Passion approached: “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32If God is glorified in him,[c] God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once” (Jn 13,31). • It is a Sign: - of the presence of salvation, and also of the the hope of salvation in Christ; - of the universal dimension of salvation: the arms of Christ were opened wide as he was lifted up on the Cross in his desire to embrace men and women of all times and places; - of the newness of the Christian identity with which it becomes associated; - - of Christian values that are characterized with certain societies and cultures; - “of the Son of Man” (Mt 24,30) who will appear at the end of time; - of the ultimate and supreme victory of good over evil (cfr. Gal 6,14). • We are reminded that all who follow Christ are called to share in his suffering: “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him renounce himself, take up his cross and follow me.” (Mk 8, 34). 212