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To: LTC.Ret

I don’t mean to sound disrespectful to Catholics, but I never “got” the relic thing.

And they have a piece of cloth worn by the Virgin Mary. I would love to get the provenance on that.


16 posted on 09/13/2017 6:54:38 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Just go to Chartres. The veil that Our Lady wore at the Annunciation, when God the Word became man is on display 24/7. At least what is left of it after the French Revolutionaries cut and burned most of it.

Or you could go to Notre Dame and venerate the Crown of Thorns.


18 posted on 09/13/2017 10:55:32 PM PDT by blackpacific
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To: Vermont Lt

It’s surprising how many people DO want relics of celebrities, the “beautiful people,’ the rich and famous and studly and sexy or even just the notorious.

In fact one of the reasons the Church goes to some lengths to authenticate relics, is to prevent the “folk canonization” of people like Eva Peron, Che Guevara, Princess Diana, and Elvis.


19 posted on 09/14/2017 10:07:34 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. Yogi Berra)
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