A mother may make a cross with honey on her family's foreheads as a symbolic gesture of blessing and protection. Honey, often associated with sweetness and nourishment, represents love and care, while the cross signifies faith and hope. This ritual could be part of a cultural or religious practice, intended to invoke divine favor or to foster unity and well-being within the family.
It is because the mother is Claiming you if you are a child
This is not practised anymore. Only in some really, really traditionally oriented families in Slovakia the mother makes a honey cross on everybody´s forehead during the Christmas dinner. It is a wish of prosperity.
In Slovakia, a mother may make a cross with honey on the forehead of each family member as part of a traditional blessing, especially during the Feast of St. Agatha or other significant occasions. This gesture symbolizes protection, sweetness, and health, invoking divine blessings for the family. Honey, representing nourishment and good fortune, is believed to bring positivity and prosperity into the home. Such rituals reinforce familial bonds and cultural heritage.
Manson has a swastika tattooed on his forehead.Another view:I saw a documentary about the family and Manson did have a cross on his forehead but I could not tell if it was a tattoo or just a drawing. Later in the documentary he had the swastika tattooed on his forehead and there were no cross seen so maybe he made the cross with a pen for his trials.
.Catholic AnswerCross on the forehead usually means blessing or claiming someone for Christ. The priest makes a cross on the forehead of an infant coming into the Church for baptism, people make a cross on their forehead before hearing the Gospel read. Parents bless their children by making a cross on their forehead.
Hello! They help your family member live!
a bruise on their forehead
it means that you have killed some one
The Bishop traces a cross on the candidates forehead with Sacred Chrism in the confirmation ritual.
The Bishop traces a cross on the candidates forehead with Sacred Chrism in the confirmation ritual.
.Catholic AnswerThe Sign of the Cross made on someones forehead in Church is to claim that person for Christ. It is done when a child is brought into the Church before they are baptized as well.
His forehead was white fur with a little patch of brown fur in the shape of a cross in the middle.