The miracle of incorruptible saints

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I found this extremely interesting, as I thought that some saints were immediately put into an airtight reliquary and this was why they remained uncorrupt. It so happens that this is not the case… Science has tested the soil and the conditions of the burials of many of these saints and cannot come up with an explaination.

I believe this is a miracle- Here is a link to read further.

roman-catholic-saints.com/incorruptible-saints.html
 
get a copy of the book “The Incorruptibles” by Joan Carroll Cruz.
She covers the topic quite thoroughly.
 
I need to read the book, but I don’t see why there is not a single incorruptible whose skin is not darkened in some way or doesn’t look normal. I suppose I’m being simple minded. Saying that that body of a saint is incorrupt seems inaccurate because they are partially corrupt.

I mean, I love Bernadette as a saint, but did they not overlay the actual skin on her face with wax?
 
JamalChristophr said:
I need to read the book, but I don’t see why there is not a single incorruptible whose skin is not darkened in some way or doesn’t look normal. I suppose I’m being simple minded. Saying that that body of a saint is incorrupt seems inaccurate because they are partially corrupt.

I mean, I love Bernadette as a saint, but did they not overlay the actual skin on her face with wax?
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I know very little about the incorruptibles, but I do know about St. Bernadette. The story I read was that when her body was exhumed and found to be incorrupt, her well-meaning Sisters in religion decided to clean her body. The moisture from their washing darkened her skin, so they created the wax mask.

This isn’t central to my belief, of course, so I’ve not given such things much thought…

Gertie
 
I’m going to read the book. Thank you for the title.

Are there people that are in this state that are not saints ?
 
My wife and myself went to Nevers France and saw St Bernadette and then in Paris I saw St Catherine Laboure at the shrine of the Miraculos Medal.

We went to Mass at both chapels where the saints incorrupt bodies lie in glass coffins.

Jim
 
JimR-OCDS said:
My wife and myself went to Nevers France and saw St Bernadette and then in Paris I saw St Catherine Laboure at the shrine of the Miraculos Medal.

We went to Mass at both chapels where the saints incorrupt bodies lie in glass coffins.

Jim
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What a blessing to see these saints.

I saw Mother Cabrini when I was a young child. She was in a glass case under an altar.
 
JimR-OCDS said:
My wife and myself went to Nevers France and saw St Bernadette and then in Paris I saw St Catherine Laboure at the shrine of the Miraculos Medal.

We went to Mass at both chapels where the saints incorrupt bodies lie in glass coffins.

Jim
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I would love to see this some day.
Wow what a blessing.
 
JamalChristophr said:
I need to read the book, but I don’t see why there is not a single incorruptible whose skin is not darkened in some way or doesn’t look normal. I suppose I’m being simple minded. Saying that that body of a saint is incorrupt seems inaccurate because they are partially corrupt.

I mean, I love Bernadette as a saint, but did they not overlay the actual skin on her face with wax?
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St. Clare’s skin is dark due to the years of candles burning nearby.
St. Bernadette does have a layer of wax.
Padre Pio doesn’t. But then, he was in a very well sealed coffin too.
 
I have a terrible fear of dead bodies, esp. MUMMIES,
I remember going to a Museum exhibit of an Egyptian
mummy, AWKKKK! I think only Catholics and God
have a preoccupation w/ things dead esp. dead people,
I recall reading in the Bible where God said thru
Ezekiel “I will open your graves and cause you to come
out of your graves and you shall be my people” Ez. 37:12
& 13
 
I find this fascinating! I first learned about this when reading about Saint Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal. As a non-Catholic exploring the church (in RCIA) I nearly fell out of my chair when I read her story and then discovered how she was in a church like that!
 
rabby(name removed by moderator) said:
I find this fascinating! I first learned about this when reading about Saint Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal. As a non-Catholic exploring the church (in RCIA) I nearly fell out of my chair when I read her story and then discovered how she was in a church like that!
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It is awe-inspiring. You never see any of this on the news, LOL
 
pianistclare said:
get a copy of the book “The Incorruptibles” by Joan Carroll Cruz.
She covers the topic quite thoroughly.
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Some (all? Saints are partially decayed, or begin to decay after being exhumed.
Some on display we are wax masks.
 
JamalChristophr said:
I need to read the book, but I don’t see why there is not a single incorruptible whose skin is not darkened in some way or doesn’t look normal. I suppose I’m being simple minded. Saying that that body of a saint is incorrupt seems inaccurate because they are partially corrupt.

I mean, I love Bernadette as a saint, but did they not overlay the actual skin on her face with wax?
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I agree with you. If a person is partially incorrupt, that not incorrupt
 
Faith1960 said:
I agree with you. If a person is partially incorrupt, that not incorrupt
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If anyone bothers to read the book, the placement of wax is to protect the skin. Many of these saints become totally black (like St. Clare) form the centuries of candles burning in those chapels and churches.
If the skin is sunken and decayed you can’t put wax on it and make it look credible. :rolleyes: It just wouldn’t work. And why would the church in many different places on the planet with many different saints attempt to deceive the people?
Just because something is difficult to understand does not make it untrue.
When Padre Pio was exhumed he looked like he was merely sleeping. Much like Bernadette.

These things do happen. It’s a real phenomenon.
 
pianistclare said:
If anyone bothers to read the book, the placement of wax is to protect the skin. Many of these saints become totally black (like St. Clare) form the centuries of candles burning in those chapels and churches.
If the skin is sunken and decayed you can’t put wax on it and make it look credible. :rolleyes: It just wouldn’t work. And why would the church in many different places on the planet with many different saints attempt to deceive the people?
Just because something is difficult to understand does not make it untrue.
When Padre Pio was exhumed he looked like he was merely sleeping. Much like Bernadette.

These things do happen. It’s a real phenomenon.
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Were they free from any decay prior to being exposed to all the candles?
 
Faith1960 said:
Were they free from any decay prior to being exposed to all the candles?
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Never mind. I just read about St. Bernadette having a shriveled body and her back was darkened among other things when she was first examined. That’s not incorrupt.
 
Keep in mind that many of the saints who’s skin became black was before the technology of glass coffins came.

As a result, they were laid in chapels with lots of candles burning and their skinned blackened.

St Bernadette and St Catherine of Laboure’s bodies avoided blackening of the skin because they had the knowledge to cover their skin with wax, but soon after, they had glass coffins to place their bodies in.

Even St Bernadette as beautiful as she looks, was not 100% incorrupted. Parts of her body which we can’t see, did start to decompose.

The miracle of all this is to give us living mortals hope, not for the benefit of the saint who is already with God in heaven.

Jim
 
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