"Yesterday at OLR Greenville we celebrated Mass with the usual display of relics set up around the church. I am always very moved to see the faithful circulating to venerate the relics as the Litany of Saints is sung. Children and young people, parents and old people all reverently viewing and venerating the relics - and what a fine collection we have on display: a letter in St John Henry Newman's own hand, first class relics of a first century martyr, Maria Goretti, Therese of Lisieux, Benedict of Nursia, Francis deSales, Teresa of Calcutta, Pope John Paul II and many more. Go here to view pictures of our church on All Saints Day.
"Why the relics? One of the strapping young men in our RCIA program summed it up. I asked him what he made of the relics and All Saints and he said with glowing eyes, 'Its fantastic! I love the blood and guts-physicality of the Catholic Church!'
"He gets it. . . ."In a recent commentary, Father Dwight Longenecker (parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church,
Greenville, SC) reflected on the role of relics in the Church.
To access Fr. Longenecker's complete post, please visit:
Fr. Dwight Longenecker: Relics and Reality (2 NOV 22)
Background information:
Dwight Longenecker - Catholic priest and author
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