[Canticle_of_Deborah]

I should add, anyone who makes the Sign of the Cross left to right I assume is Catholic. Anyone who makes the Sign of the Cross from right to left I suspect is Orthodox. I may be wrong, again, but why would an evangelical Protestant keep Catholic ritual?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Arnold made the Sign of the Cross right to left yesterday. Perhaps it's more a European custom.

Michael Reagan was raised by his mother, Jane Wyman, who is Catholic. The story goes, confirmed in Maureen Reagan's autobiography, that her father and Nancy did not even tell Patti about Maureen's existence until Patti was seven years old. This left a lasting pain with Maureen.

Michael is Evangelical Protestant. No doubt he crosses himself in remembrance of his mother and her faith (Jane Wyman is still alive, I think).

I thought Michael's eulogy was eloquent. I never thought to promise my children that I would be in heaven. But to do so implies that you are promising to live an upright, Godly life for their sake, as well as your own.

I'm going to tell me kids the same thing. Thanks, Mike. 8~)