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The most common Catholic gesture is the sign of the cross. Catholics make the sign of the cross by using their right hand to touch the forehead, then the middle of the chest, then the left shoulder and finally the right shoulder. As they do this, they say, “In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.” This one complete gesture makes a cross--an intersection of a vertical line from forehead to breast and a horizontal line from left to right shoulder. The sign of the cross symbolically reaffirms for Catholics two essential Christian doctrines: The Holy Trinity--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--and humankind’s salvation through the cross of Christ.
From the book, Catholicism for Dummies by Trigilio and Brighenti
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