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ServusHumilis
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Well, it was the Cardinal they were quoting. Apparently this isn’t a very rare occurrence though.
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J_Peterson
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from this article: catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=59243Well, it was the Cardinal they were quoting. Apparently this isn’t a very rare occurrence though.
So while it turning liquid isn’t rare, turning to liquid in the presence of the Pope is rare or at least hasn’t happened for a long time.Kept in a sealed glass ampoule, the saint’s blood traditionally liquefies three times a year: on September 19, the saint’s feast day, December 16 and the Saturday before the first Sunday of May.
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Lost_Sheep
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True. My point is that the press does a very poor job of reporting on the Holy Father, and always seems to take things out of context, or twist his words to mean something different than intended.Well, it was the Cardinal they were quoting. Apparently this isn’t a very rare occurrence though.
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JerryZ
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Well trust CNN to get it WRONG, what is new there?
So a miracle did happen, but is was not the Pope who performed it. Rather it was performed by St. Gennaro who’s blood is allegedly stored in the glass vial.
The blood is supposed to liquefy at the Saint’s feast of every September 17.
If it does NOT liquefy that is taken as a bad omen for the following year and the faithful are encouraged to pray more to avert it.
The blood has never been reported to liquefy in the presence of a Pope or outside the Saint’s feast.
Although Pope Francis is NOT the first one to handle the vial containing the relic.
So a miracle did happen, but is was not the Pope who performed it. Rather it was performed by St. Gennaro who’s blood is allegedly stored in the glass vial.
The blood is supposed to liquefy at the Saint’s feast of every September 17.
If it does NOT liquefy that is taken as a bad omen for the following year and the faithful are encouraged to pray more to avert it.
The blood has never been reported to liquefy in the presence of a Pope or outside the Saint’s feast.
Although Pope Francis is NOT the first one to handle the vial containing the relic.
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phil19034
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My pastor told me last night that the Archbishop there prayed for a sign that the Pope’s message would be received (or something to that affect), and the partial liquefying of the blood was that sign.Well trust CNN to get it WRONG, what is new there?
So a miracle did happen, but is was not the Pope who performed it. Rather it was performed by St. Gennaro who’s blood is allegedly stored in the glass vial.
The blood is supposed to liquefy at the Saint’s feast of every September 17.
If it does NOT liquefy that is taken as a bad omen for the following year and the faithful are encouraged to pray more to avert it.
The blood has never been reported to liquefy in the presence of a Pope or outside the Saint’s feast.
Although Pope Francis is NOT the first one to handle the vial containing the relic.
He also said that the blood does liquefy every year on his feast day, and that while he has never personally been there to see it, he personally knows people who were their on Sept 16th and 17th and witnessed it.
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dee_burk
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From Catholic News Agency:The blood has never been reported to liquefy in the presence of a Pope or outside the Saint’s feast.
Although Pope Francis is NOT the first one to handle the vial containing the relic.
This stunning but locally known and accepted phenomenon is said to happen three times a year: May 1, Sept. 19, which is the saint’s feast day, and Dec. 16.
The last time this occured with a Pope was in 1848 with Pius IX. It didn’t happen when St. John Paul II visited the city in October of 1979, or when Benedict XVI went in October of 2007.
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jinglebelle
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A case of pass me another vial nurse does our faith really depend on this
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JerryZ
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Please read the news directly from the horse’s mouth, I am posting the link and it is in english so no language barriers.From Catholic News Agency:
This stunning but locally known and accepted phenomenon is said to happen three times a year: May 1, Sept. 19, which is the saint’s feast day, and Dec. 16.
The last time this occured with a Pope was in 1848 with Pius IX. It didn’t happen when St. John Paul II visited the city in October of 1979, or when Benedict XVI went in October of 2007.
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vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/francesco-napoli-39932/
This is the first time it happened. San Gennaro’s blood had never liquefied during a papal visit to Naples before. None of the visits paid by Pius IX, John Paul II or Benedict XVI provoked the phenomenon.
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