Incorrupt bodies of saints (pictures)

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Thanks for posting the site. I had no idea there were so many incorrupt bodies of Saints!🙂
 
More proof that the Catholic Church is the true Church founded by Christ.

Thanks for sharing. It was truly inspirational and amazing! 😃
 
Isn’t that fantastic? In my journey Home, I read many sites regarding incorrupt saints. What an amazing grace! ❤️
 
My stomache is knotted after looking at that site. I find it quite odd - outwith my comfort zone. I feel that dead bodies shold not be displayed - it feels irreverant to look upon them. But that’s just me.
 
Knowing that the body is of the saint, I don’t have any fear. If I were to be put in a room where the body is, there will be another person praying besides me.

If the body is of someone I don’t know, I’d be freaked out and run through the wall. 😃
 
foxc1 said:
I’m afraid of dead people but do find it fascinating that some saints have this quality. To me that says "see? I really am a saint!
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The way I see the bodies of saints is to glorify the Lord. God has a great message through the miracles of the incorruptible.

For instance, St. Bernadette, her body is incorruptible - it reminds me of her innocent live and how great she saved her body and be a nun. This reminds us that we should keep our body clean from the flesh temptation.

Another example, St. Anthony of Puada - his tongue is incorruptible. He was given the wisdom to preach. Indeed, our tongues should be used to proclaim the Word of God, to speak out with love. Think twice before we speak.

What a great way God reminds us to be holy.
 
Thank you for posting the link to the site. Glory to God :). May everyone praise Him :hug1: for all He has done! I hope that those (who aren’t yet Christian) who see the miracle of the incorrupt bodies will accept Jesus. Can you imagine how many people have given their lives to Jesus because of such miracles? How wonderful!
 
I had no idea there were so many!!!

I have to wonder though - how did they know that the body would be incorrupt? Didn’t they bury them after death assuming they would decay as any normal body? How would they know? :confused: The whole thing is very puzzling to me.

Also - does anyone know of any non-Catholic examples of incorrupt bodies? Or is this totally exclusive to Catholics?

~Liza
 
La-Petite-Fleur said:
Thank you for posting the link to the site. Glory to God :). May everyone praise Him :hug1: for all He has done! I hope that those (who aren’t yet Christian) who see the miracle of the incorrupt bodies will accept Jesus. Can you imagine how many people have given their lives to Jesus because of such miracles? How wonderful!
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It definitely is God’s proof to man that He does exist. Unfortunately, some people still won’t believe. 😦
 
lizaanne said:
I had no idea there were so many!!!

I have to wonder though - how did they know that the body would be incorrupt? Didn’t they bury them after death assuming they would decay as any normal body? How would they know? :confused: The whole thing is very puzzling to me.

Also - does anyone know of any non-Catholic examples of incorrupt bodies? Or is this totally exclusive to Catholics?

~Liza
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I believe that one of several ways to canonize a saint is to dig up the body and take a look. That is how they found out.
 
Linnyo said:
My stomache is knotted after looking at that site. I find it quite odd - outwith my comfort zone. I feel that dead bodies shold not be displayed - it feels irreverant to look upon them. But that’s just me.
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It’s a good thing you didn’t attend Mass in the first or second centuries, you would be surrounded by bones!
 
pprimeau1976 said:
It’s a good thing you didn’t attend Mass in the first or second centuries, you would be surrounded by bones!
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😃 When I was a little and an altar boy, I got to see a board with at least 40 bones of different Vietnamese Saints. At that age, I didn’t think of anything. I wish I could come back in time and stared at the bones praying. 😃
 
I have to wonder though - how did they know that the body would be incorrupt? Didn’t they bury them after death assuming they would decay as any normal body? How would they know? :confused: The whole thing is very puzzling to me.
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Hi Lizanne…I am not too sure of this at all, but I believe that all or some saint’s bodies are examined after or during the canonization process (well after death) and are checked for incorruptability; however I am not sure of this. You have raised an interesting point! What I am sure of is that there is no pre-knowledge that a certain saint’s body will not corrupt.

Blessings - Barb:)
iHs
 
BarbaraTherese said:
Hi Lizanne…I am not too sure of this at all, but I believe that all or some saint’s bodies are examined after or during the canonization process (well after death) and are checked for incorruptability; however I am not sure of this. You have raised an interesting point! What I am sure of is that there is no pre-knowledge that a certain saint’s body will not corrupt.

Blessings - Barb:)

iHs
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Technically, I don’t think bodily incorruption is considered by the Vatican to be a miraculous sign. There are many factors that can cause a body to be incorrupt. However, the practice of veneration is one of the reasons for exhuming the body.
 
Incorruptibility is not a requirement for canonization, but it helps move toward it.

A good book on the subject is : 'The Incorruptibles: A Study of the Incorruption of the Bodies of Various Catholic Saints" by Joan Carroll Cruz.

Here’s what I remember from the book.

Incorruptibles are not mummified. Mummified bodies are stiff and leathery. Incorruptibles are soft and supple.

Mummification requires dry heat. The Egyptians would remove the inner organs from the body and fill it with hot sand. Then wrap the body before burial, in a dry place.

Incorruptibles however, are often buried in places that are make mummification impossible. Some have been buried on the edge of swamps, because they monastery they died in, was not on prime land. Also, the bodies of others buried along side incorruptibles, decayed. The clothing that the incorruptibles were buried in, rotted, but their bodies did not decay.

Some incorruptibles, like St. John of the Cross, bleed. When they went to cut of a finger of the body of St. John of the Cross, to be used as a relic, he began to bleed, so they stopped.

I myself have seen the incorrupt bodies of St. Bernadette, St. Catherine Labore and St. John Vianney, when I visited France, back in 1998.

Jim
 
It really is totally amazing.

We will be going to England in a few weeks - are there any incorrupt saints there that anyone knows of? I just don’t have the time to research it, my apologies.

~Liza
 
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