“The sight of a crucifix has a continuity with Golgotha; at times its vision is embarrassing. We can keep a statue of Buddha in a room, tickle his tummy for good luck, but it is never mortifying.  The crucifix somehow or other, makes us feel involved.  It is much more than a picture of Marie Antoinette and the death-dealing guillotine.  No matter how much we thrust it away, it makes its plaguing reappearance like an unpaid bill.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Those Mysterious Priests)