Finding Saint Francis

[Luigi_Daniele]

He just posted in another thread. Looks like he is back

Praise God! Thank you

 

[Kuya_Kino]

Don’t confuse a lay calling with a religious calling. Lay (Secular) Franciscans have no “habit” as commonly understood. The Tau is their “habit”.

I was in the SFO for over 10 years. I finally had to leave. Meetings with very little content. Mainly “socials” . Very little prayer. The Divine Office is supposed to be encouraged. Only 3 of us prayed it.

I don’t mean to sound bitter, but I love St Francis (and Padre Pio). It hurts me that no fraternity in my area follows the Rule (much).

NB: I speak only for norCal. I know that there are many wonderful fraternities in other areas.

NB2: Another thing that I found distasteful was National assessing the fraternity $50 per professed member (I am not sure of the amount, these days, though). The fraternity was composed of many members who contributed nothing (some because they were poor; some because…well, I leave it there). National didn’t care if they were contributing zero, we were still assessed $50 per. Really bothered me.

Sorry for the rant, but you asked

Greetings of Peace and Love!
Is there any way so that I can obtain a Relic of St. Francis of Assisi?

 

[Marauder]

Greetings of Peace and Love!
Is there any way so that I can obtain a Relic of St. Francis of Assisi?

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To answer the question, it depends on the type of relic you want. 1st and 2nd class relics of St. Francis are pretty hard to come by. Most are usually owned by Religious Orders or churches.

3rd class relics are pretty easy to find. Many Catholic stores sell cards that have 3rd class relics of St. Francis. Usually in the form of a prayer card with a small cloth attached to it that was wiped on a 1st class reliquary.

 

[Kuya_Kino]

Catholic Answers prefers you to open new threads instead of reviving old threads.

To answer the question, it depends on the type of relic you want. 1st and 2nd class relics of St. Francis are pretty hard to come by. Most are usually owned by Religious Orders or churches.

3rd class relics are pretty easy to find. Many Catholic stores sell cards that have 3rd class relics of St. Francis. Usually in the form of a prayer card with a small cloth attached to it that was wiped on a 1st class reliquary.

2nd class will do. It will be use for our public veneration and relic exhibit in our school. I hope you can help me to obtain. I asked some of the custodians here in our town but they don’t have even a third class so that I can barrow to use in the exhibit. thank you and God bless.

 

[Marauder]

2nd class will do. It will be use for our public veneration and relic exhibit in our school. I hope you can help me to obtain. I asked some of the custodians here in our town but they don’t have even a third class so that I can barrow to use in the exhibit. thank you and God bless.

I don’t know whether you can get things via Amazon or not, but a Third Class relic of St. Francis is available here:
amazon.com/St-Francis-relic-card/dp/B007HCTR7Q

As I said before getting a 2nd or 1st class relic is pretty hard to come by. Usually the only people that have them are churches, Religious Orders, or museums (one of my local museums has St. Francis’ Bible that he used to define his mission.)

Occasionally you will find sales on things like Ebay, but I would be very leery about that. There are a lot of fakes out there. Also the church itself restricts the buying and selling of relics. You can purchase a relic for the cost of the reliquary, but the value shouldn’t be assessed based on “who” is in the reliquary.

My only suggestion would be to approach a local Franciscan friary or church, but the odds of them letting you borrow one is slim. They probably would be willing to let you create a 3rd class relic from their relic if they had one.

 

[Kuya_Kino]

I don’t know whether you can get things via Amazon or not, but a Third Class relic of St. Francis is available here:
amazon.com/St-Francis-relic-card/dp/B007HCTR7Q

As I said before getting a 2nd or 1st class relic is pretty hard to come by. Usually the only people that have them are churches, Religious Orders, or museums (one of my local museums has St. Francis’ Bible that he used to define his mission.)

Occasionally you will find sales on things like Ebay, but I would be very leery about that. There are a lot of fakes out there. Also the church itself restricts the buying and selling of relics. You can purchase a relic for the cost of the reliquary, but the value shouldn’t be assessed based on “who” is in the reliquary.

My only suggestion would be to approach a local Franciscan friary or church, but the odds of them letting you borrow one is slim. They probably would be willing to let you create a 3rd class relic from their relic if they had one.

thanks you so much for the information you’ve gave… So blessed that you did entertain my questions… God bless you…