[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Want to see my St. Gerard relic - with a tiny piece of bone sitting on a murrey-colored bit of silk? I found it in my mother’s house this week. My grandmother would use it when I had a pain. I treasure it.

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So if Catholics pray to someone other than God (Mary and the “saints”), use scrying devices (Ouija Boards) and handle pieces of dead bodies in the effort to gain some kind of beneficial result can we call this Paganism?

[miss marmelstein]

Catholics don't use Ouija boards. It's a children's game marketed to children. I have one from years ago (glow in the dark) that sits on a shelf. But I do know something about their history - knowledge does not a pagan make.

Catholics do have relics though and do pray for others to intercede with God.

[miss marmelstein]

No handling of “dead stuff.” Why are you guys so afraid of death, btw? I’ve noticed an absolute hysterical fear of dead bodies among some posters on FR. You all must be fun at an Irish wake!

Relics are contained within glass and no one plays with them.