Marian relics? What?

[JackVk]

I was at the relic shrine in Maria Stein, Ohio, today. It was very beautiful and very fascinating. But one thing that made me shrug is a section of relics said to be of the Blessed Mother. One was supposedly part of a veil, which is credible. But there was also what was supposedly a piece of her sepulcher her tomb. Huh? I thought Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul. What’s the deal?

 

[ConstantineTG]

I was at the relic shrine in Maria Stein, Ohio, today. It was very beautiful and very fascinating. But one thing that made me shrug is a section of relics said to be of the Blessed Mother. One was supposedly part of a veil, which is credible. But there was also what was supposedly a piece of her sepulcher her tomb. Huh? I thought Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul. What’s the deal?

Jesus was assumed body and soul into heaven, he has a tomb.

Mary passed on from this life to the next in a light falling asleep known as her dormition. She was laid in a tomb where she was resurrected and assumed into heaven by Jesus. Tradition states that the Apostles were unaware of this until St. Thomas, who came late for her burial, asked to see the tomb to pay his respects. When they opened the tomb it was empty and St. Thomas received the vision of the Assumption as well as Our Lady dropping her girdle to St. Thomas to show to the other Apostles what has happened.

 

[Lady_Marchmain]

Wow, and even stranger, how did it end up in Ohio? Relics: one of those Catholic things you’ve got to take with a grain of salt, especially when they cannot be substantiated by any historical or literary source, some certification.

I once heard a priest on EWTN say if we gathered up all the splinters and bits of wood that are “relics” of the “One True Cross” they would probably stretch from here to the moon.

 

[ConstantineTG]

Here’s photos of Mary’s tomb

sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-tomb-of-virgin-mary

If you read the history, you’ll see that the churches built there has been destroyed and rebuilt many times over the centuries. Its possible they would have a fragment but not specifically from the tomb itself.

 

[thistle]

I was at the relic shrine in Maria Stein, Ohio, today. It was very beautiful and very fascinating. But one thing that made me shrug is a section of relics said to be of the Blessed Mother. One was supposedly part of a veil, which is credible. But there was also what was supposedly a piece of her sepulcher her tomb. Huh? I thought Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul. What’s the deal?

The Church has not declared any such relics authentic.