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Offline Mega-fin

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Relics for Confused Catholics
« on: June 04, 2017, 02:26:02 PM »
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    • So today after Mass, a gentleman visiting my chapel had relics given him by a group of Oblates (forget the order), and I received a stone from the stable at Bethleham and stone from the Garden of Gethsemane. I was overjoyed to give a small donation for the relics and receive them, but as someone who has never really used relics:

    1. What class of relic would this be?

    2. How does one use/venerate them?

    Thanks in advance and happy Pentecost!
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    Re: Relics for Confused Catholics
    « Reply #1 on: June 04, 2017, 06:18:59 PM »
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    • Seeing he was "a gentleman visiting" I would be very sceptical about whether they are relics at all.  How were they packaged/presented?
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    Re: Relics for Confused Catholics
    « Reply #2 on: June 04, 2017, 07:50:12 PM »
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    • Yes, normally that would be true, this man however works directly with SSPX priests in Canada on these matters. He was given the relics by a group of oblates to distribute. They are put on Holy Cards. 
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    Re: Relics for Confused Catholics
    « Reply #3 on: June 05, 2017, 12:21:52 AM »
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    • These are not relics per se. Relics are parts of the body of a saint, something owned by the saint or something that touched the body of a saint.  
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    Re: Relics for Confused Catholics
    « Reply #4 on: June 05, 2017, 12:22:18 AM »
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    • It is forbidden to buy and sell relics. 
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    Re: Relics for Confused Catholics
    « Reply #5 on: June 05, 2017, 12:33:31 AM »
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    • It's not a relic as Poche mentioned, but a memento. I was given a small Fatima statue by a friend who visited the shrine. I gave it away but kept the bag it came in, it had a illustration of Our Lady with the three children. It's my memento. It came from the shrine, a place I may never get to visit.
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    Re: Relics for Confused Catholics
    « Reply #6 on: June 05, 2017, 02:55:05 AM »
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    • Someone once brought me back a stone from Medjugorje. Needless to say, I threw it out with the other stones lying around my house.
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    Re: Relics for Confused Catholics
    « Reply #7 on: June 05, 2017, 06:12:08 AM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on June 05, 2017, 02:55:05 AM
    Someone once brought me back a stone from Medjugorje. Needless to say, I threw it out with the other stones lying around my house.
    HA!
    I would have thrown it further away than that.
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