Posted on 09/17/2009 12:55:08 PM PDT by Steelfish
Thousands of Catholic Pilgrims Queue For A Glimpse of St Therese of Lisieux Remains At The Start Of Month-Long UK Tour
Sophie Freeman 17th September 2009
[Several Pics in URL] Thousands of people flocked to a cathedral yesterday to catch a glimpse of the relics of a Roman Catholic nun described as the 'greatest saint of modern times'.
Pilgrims collapsed in tears as a casket containing the remains of St Therese of Lisieux arrived at St John's Catholic Cathedral in Portsmouth for the first part of a month-long UK tour.
Many of the faithful touched the protective glass or pressed rosary beads and cuddly toys against it, hoping the goodness of St Therese would rub off on them.
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You cannot be serious. Apparently nothing is holy by your definition except God. The problem with this assertion is that it ironically sells God short by claiming that God is incapabale of sanctifying his creation and the acts of his creatures. Holiness emanates from God by imitating Him and following his commandments and venerating those men, women, children, places, things, anmd rituals (like “Holy” Matrimomy) that swear allegiance to His Kingdon, His Will and give Him praise and glory. This is reflected in the psalms as in psalm 86.2 per the King James Bible
“Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.”
You appear to have a crabbed view of holiness that is not shared by either scripture or tradition
I used to feel strongly like you do on that. But when I think about what is even mentioned in scripture.
Handkerchiefs that were touched or blessed by the apostles were then distributed throughout the church for healing, as is recounted in Acts there was nothing holy in the objects ?
When the dead man was placed upon the bones of Elisha and was miraculously healed there was nothing holy about that ?
Those are two examples from scripture.
The handkerchiefs were a miracle, just like Jesus with the bread and fishes. The bread and fishes from Jesus were not “holy,” nor were the handkerchiefs. They were instruments of a miracle being performed.
Inanimate objects are not holy because they have no soul and are not God. Only God is holy.
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