Saint's Blood Liquefies - Good Omen for the World

Reuters ^ | 09/20/2001 | Reuters

[nkycincinnatikid]

This is the best news that I've heard today!

[Hank Kerchief]

(Sorry, sinkspur, this was meant for Culural Jihad.)

Scientists have confirmed the substance inside the closed vial is blood but cannot explain why it turns to liquid.

Mind supplying the names of these "scientists"?

Oh well, superstition reigns. Recent events testify to the results.

Hank

[abolitionist]

Great article, Bump!

[katze]

#34 I do have a holycard of him, a large one; can't remember where I got it, but I remember him.

A very dear little Franciscan nun friend sent a holy card of St Jude this week. I'm not sure I've heard this particular St Jude prayer before. Anyone want me to post> Or should I send to patent?

I'm not in a state of panic, but I see no reason not to add to regular prayers.

[Illbay]

It isn't ridiculing Catholicism to point out that this is a bunch of superstitious mumbo-jumbo. And that most Catholics--like my wife's family (her maiden name is McNamara)--are hideously embarrassed by stuff like this.

[Illbay]

Everyone knows marshmallows, not green jello, are essential to Mormonism.

Actually, the ultimate totem is, of course, marshmallows embedded in green jello.

[JMJ333]

My guess is you don't know the first thing about Fatima. Laugh if you want, that is your right. Too bad its all you could come up with.

[Illbay]

Everyone knows marshmallows, not green jello, are essential to Mormonism.

Actually, the ultimate totem is, of course, marshmallows embedded in green jello.

[JMJ333]

It isn't ridiculing Catholicism to point out that this is a bunch of superstitious mumbo-jumbo. And that most Catholics--like my wife's family (her maiden name is McNamara)--are hideously embarrassed by stuff like this.

Well my family is Italian on both sides [Conservative Roman Catholic to the core]...and none of us are embarrassed by it. I believe in miracles. And I'll be seeing you on the next mormon thread.

[Cultural Jihad]

And that most Catholics--like my wife's family (her maiden name is McNamara)--are hideously embarrassed by stuff like this.

That's a shame. Talking about the lives of saints and their place among the family of God should in no way be embarrassing. It's not as if we're talking about your special Mormon underwear. ;)

[Hank Kerchief]

My guess is you don't know the first thing about Fatima.

She used to make cigarettes, didn't she? My grandfather used to sell them in his drug store.

[NeoCaveman]

The Church declares only that Public Revelation is all that is necessary to believe in. You should ask your priest about it.

Oh yes public prophecy v. private prophecy should we even be discussing this, as it is not required by the Church. I am being sincere in the question.

[LarryLied]

Actually, the ultimate totem is, of course, marshmallows embedded in green jello.

Now you are going to Hell. Telling secrets of the Mormon faith. I should have put it together myself however when I saw my neighbor drive in with a pick-up truck full of diet soda (no caffine).

Btw...Mormons make nice neighbors, they always have stuff you need on hand (well...no booze of course...except Jack Mormons. But they are always bumming beers off everyone else.)

[athiestwithagun]

Scientists have confirmed the substance inside the closed vial is blood but cannot explain why it turns to liquid.

Neither of these claims are provably true.

The only evidence the "blood" is blood is from a eyeball spectroscopic measurements made in 1902 and from a similar and equally questionable measurement made in 1989. Neither measurement can tell the difference between genuine blood in a glass vial and a mixture of Ferric Chloride (FeCl3) and Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) in a similar container. Much more sensitive measurement techniques -- such as molecular absorption, fluorescence spectrometry, and raman scattering -- exist but the Church has so far refused to allow the relic to be tested. See: Journal of Scientific Exploration, Volume 6, Pages 233-246, 1992.

The liquefication is no mystery. It is an example of thixotropic liquefaction and has been duplicated using equipment and knowledge available to pre 14th century alchemists See: Garlaschelli, L., Ramaccini, F., & Della Sala, S. (1991). Nature 353 (October 10), 507.

[eastsider]

And I'll be seeing you on the next mormon thread.

Better brush up on your "Reformed Egyptian."

[Sparky760]

Thanks buddy thats the first time I laughed in over a week!

[a history buff]

Catholicism a la Italiana is often a freak show. Nowhere do statues weep blood as much as there, and nowhere else but in civitavechia do the relatives of the family in whose house it occurs refuse to give blood at the behest of the pseudo-communist gov't to see how closely they are related to jesus's obstensible blood.

[Cultural Jihad]

Agreed. Mormons are exemplary in the observance of their faith. They strive to examine their consciences and do the will of God. Then again, they have a reputation for emptying the soda machines at work, and if true is really such a slight infraction.