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To: Suzy Quzy; rightwingextremist1776; EarthBound
What IDOL do we Catholics worship?

Would this qualify?

Since 1149, the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges has housed a fragment of cloth stained with what is said to be the coagulated blood of Christ, wiped from his body after the crucifixion by Joseph of Arimathea.

The relic is embedded in a rock-crystal vial, which itself is inside a small glass cylinder adorned with a golden crown at each end. Normally the relic is kept in a magnificent tabernacle, on which is an image of the "lamb of Christ," on a side altar in the upstairs chapel.

The sacred relic is brought out regularly so that the faithful can kiss it, and every year, in the colorful Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day, the bishop of Bruges carries the relic through the streets, accompanied by costumed residents acting out biblical scenes.

68 posted on 07/10/2007 9:31:31 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

WORSHIP....W O R S H I P......look it up...buy a dictionary......WORSHIP. Good grief. What have you Protestants been taught? It’s pathetic that you have been fed such bad information. we VENERATE....NOT WORSHIP!!!


70 posted on 07/10/2007 9:33:20 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary in '08.....Her PHONINESS is GENUINE !!!!)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Would this qualify?

No. Remember that's what's being venerated here in the minds of those partaking this ritual is the Blood of Christ and it is by that Blood by which we are redemmed.

168 posted on 07/11/2007 6:33:16 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Live Earth: Pretend to Care)
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