"One of the things non-Catholics find most objectionable or scandalous about the Catholic faith is the use of relics. 'Why do you kiss the bones of dead people? Isn't that kind of creepy?' The doubter asks.
"What they don't understand is the physicality of the Catholic faith. This is a religion of blood and guts, grit and glory. We believe that God himself took human flesh of his Blessed mother. Jesus sweated, laughed and wept, ate, defecated, bled real blood, screamed in real agony and participated fully in physical humanity."In a recent commentary, Father Dwight Longenecker (parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church,
Greenville, SC) reflected on relics as a testimony to this physicality and on how they connect us to the saints.
To access Fr. Longenecker's complete post, please visit:
Fr. Dwight Longenecker: On the Use of Relics (18 JAN 22)
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Dwight Longenecker - Catholic priest and author
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