Kathy Schiffer on Relics

“What, Exactly, Is a Relic?

“First, let’s clear up what it’s not.  Catholics do not, under any circumstances, “worship” relics.

“St. Jerome wrote, ‘We do not worship, we do not adore, for fear that we should bow down to the creature rather than to the creator, but we venerate the relics of the martyrs in order the better to adore him whose martyrs they are.’”

In a recent commentary, writer Kathy Schiffer reflected on the place of relics in the Church.

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Seasons of Grace: Relics: Pious Devotion, Healing Power, or Something Else? (14 AUG 13)