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The [[Catholic Church]]'s [[Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite]], the [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]] and the faithful make the Sign of the Cross at the conclusion of the Entrance Chant and the priest or [[deacon]] "makes the Sign of the Cross on the book and on his forehead, lips, and breast" when announcing the [[Gospel]] text (to which the people acclaim: "Glory to you, O Lord").<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://resources.ipsissima-verba.org/documents/ordinary-form-order-of-mass-draft-3.pdf|title=The Order of Mass (The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite): In Latin and in English|publisher=[[International Commission on English in the Liturgy]]|date=2010}}</ref>

The sign of the cross is expected at two points ofin the [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]]: the laity sign themselves during the introductory greeting of the service and at the final blessing; optionally, other times during the Mass when the laity often cross themselves are during a blessing with holy water, when concluding the penitential rite, in imitation of the priest before the Gospel reading (small signs on forehead, lips, and heart), and perhaps at other times out of personal devotion.

===Eastern Orthodoxy===