Something me and my mom are almost always auguring about is the fact that I called Divine Service "mass" and I make the sign of the cross both before and after I pray.
However neither of these things aren't Lutheran. I called the Divine Service "mass" because that is both the historical name and the name that Philip Melancthon used in the Augsburg Confession and the Apology of the Augsburg Confession (XXIV). Whenever I post something on facebook about Divine Service all my friends from church say something to the affect of "It's not very Lutheran to use the term Mass", but even Lutherans in other contries use the term mass (see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)#Liturgy_of_the_Eucharist )
In Luther's Small Catechism use says to "Make the sign of the cross" both in the morning and before one goes to bed. I know some Lutheran (manely ELCA) who cross themselfs whenever they pray (also see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_Cross#Lutheranism ).
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