Monday, November 05, 2007

Feast of the Holy Relics

relics
If it weren't for Barbara of Praying for Grace I would not have realized today was the feast of the Holy Relics. Click here to learn more about this feast day

This is interesting for two reasons:

1) The ironies in my daily life. Today I finally decided to just toss a souvenir we received when the Relics of the Passion tour that made its way to Hawaii. Yes, I fished it out of the trash. This is a good reminder NEVER to toss out anything remotely Catholic. You will regret it. Yuck!

With regard to the relics of the Passion tour, for more information, please check out their website
"For over a thousand years, the faithful have gone on pilgrimage to venerate the relics of Christ's Passion and Death, and this tour has been designed to make such a pilgrimage possible to the people of the Twenty-first century America..."

-Relic of the True Cross
-Relic of the Crown of Thorns
-Relic of the Holy Nails
-Relic of the Burial Shroud
-Relic of the column of flagellation
-Relic of St. Longinus
-Relic of the Veil of Veronica
-Relic of the Table of the Last Supper
To view photos taken in Hawaii, Here

2) I have been meaning to post on our modest little relics because I found another one the other day.


I found a relic of St. Jacinta to add to our display of relics which include:
-Relic of John Paul the Great
-Relic of St. Padre Pio
-Relic of St. Faustina

These relics are displayed in a frame along with a portrait of our Holy Father Benedict XVI given by him to Fr. Eugene Palumbo for us and a miraculous medal blessed by our Holy Father at the request of my dear mom through Fr. Palumbo.

3 comments:

Tracy said...

Wow, neat!! We sure do learn something new every day!! Great Post!

EC Gefroh said...

I hope I don't forget next year ;-)

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