Relics?

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I own some third class and 1 second class relics. I think they can be good for veneration.
 
like the poster above, i own many relics, some being first class, and i can say they are amazing! they are not magical of course, (that’s superstitious) but you can feel the holiness and i love to pray in front of mine with lit candles and pray to the saint.
 
Padre Pio - you’re so blessed to have first class relics !! I am donating money for postage and the printing for a prayer card with a 2 nd class relic of Archbishop Fulton Sheen , hope to get that soon 🙂

Wish I had 1st class relics !! Lucky you!!
 
wow a relic of fulton sheen! you are quite fortunate ! yes i do thank God that He has graced me to have in my possession some 1st class relics. Ill PM you Chritine because i have something i want to share with you that i cant discuss openly on here. it’s nothing bad, it is actually quite good 👍
 
What are the differences between 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-class relics?

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Scottish_Monk said:
What are the differences between 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-class relics?

Thank you.

…Scottish Monk
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1st: a piece of the saint: bones, hair, etc

2nd: something he or she used: clothing, etc

3rd class: something touched to a 1st or 2nd class relic.

This is slightly oversimplified, but it gives you the idea. 🙂
 
Luigi_Daniele said:
1st: a piece of the saint: bones, hair, etc

2nd: something he or she used: clothing, etc

3rd class: something touched to a 1st or 2nd class relic.

This is slightly oversimplified, but it gives you the idea. 🙂
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Traditionally a third class relic is an item touched to a first class relic and not a second class relic.
However, because the Church has no documentation on classes of relics and because more and more people want them now, how a third class relic is achieved is being so watered down it is almost becoming meaningless.
 
thistle said:
Traditionally a third class relic is an item touched to a first class relic and not a second class relic.
However, because the Church has no documentation on classes of relics and because more and more people want them now, how a third class relic is achieved is being so watered down it is almost becoming meaningless.
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How does a church or individual go about acquiring a relic?

…Scottish Monk
 
To me, Relics are showing others who much I put my Intercession in the Saints I LOVE,so I wear them around my neck on a rope,and their protection. Amen
 
The asumption would seem to indicate that NO there are no relics of the BVM since she was assumed body and soul into heaven.

I supposed you could have hair or a tooth or some other part that is not connected to the body when she was alive, but as far as I know there are no relics of the BVM.

The vatican USED to send relics to people who request them. This practice has stopped in modern times due to the inability for the Vatican to assure the person receiving them will treat them with the dignity due a first class relic. Much superstition as also been expressed in modern times surrounding relics. It is another reason why relics are now only routinely sent to religious who request them.

It is also a sin to sell a relic. They may only be freely given. In the event a person dies who owns a relic it is supposed to be returned to the Church. It is not supposed to be sold or “passed on” to another private person without permission from the Church or, in the case of great relics (arms, hands, etc. of significant saints), not without the permission of the apostolic see.
 
If there are no relics for the Virgin Mary, what kinds of relics are found in the altars of churches that bear her name?
 
Most likely 2nd class relics. Items of her clothing, etc. As far as I know there are NO first class relics.
 
catholicanne said:
Are there any relics of the Virgin Mary?
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Apparently at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Mount Athos, the relic of the Blessed Virgin’s cloak is there for veneration. Since Mount Athos probably was around before the Great Schism, it could be possible it’s legitimate. But only Greek Orthodox Christians are allowed to go there.

Tradition says that the Blessed Virgin with Saint John stopped there on her way to see Lazarus in Cyprus (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Athos). I do not know what the Catholic Church’s tradition is on Mount Athos, but if the Orthodox Church enters into full communion, I would love to go there some day 🙂
 
There are actually reliccs of the. BVM such as her hair, veil, and cincture. However the hair relics are usually fakes because how on earth does one get a strand of her hair I wonder? Were they dusting her house and came upon it? 😃 however the veil and cincture seem to be authentic as scientists have dated them and they’re right from the time when she was aliv e
 
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