The advantage of a processional cross with a floor standard, in contrast to one that is permanently hung or affixed to a wall, is that it can be placed differently, according to the celebration and the other environmental factors. Some examples are national and ethnic groups who use the church with their particular patrons and forms of piety, the religious order staffing a parish, or the saint or mystery for which a church is named. Thus, it should not be surprising to see a mural or statue of the risen Jesus in a church named for the Resurrection. The same would be true of scenes and statues in a church named for the Ascension or Annunciation. But when I talked to a liturgist, who is consulted on the art and architecture for many new churches, he knew of no general trend to include statues or pictures of the resurrected Christ in all churches.
Churches use different art or hangings behind the altar and in the sanctuary area.
It has been 50 years and none of my brothers or sisters say they remember, but I am positive I do. I cannot identify the litany you recall. The petition sounds like the plea of a people threatened centuries ago by Viking raiders. Perhaps it was part of an old Litany of the Saints. There is, you know, a whole set of petitions in the Litany of Saints where we ask to be delivered from various evils.