IOW, idolatrous relics fail the test of the first commandment....
Thank you, MHGinTN
It is sad that the Catholic steeped mind cannot see the obvious, but there it is. And Jesus used that incident in the desert when He taught Nicodemus about being born from above. Of course, Our Lord applied the example properly, to illustrate that it is belief in God’s Promise that heals, and since the sin nature is pure poison, the Promise of God in Christ as our Savior by believing HE IS our redeemer heals the poisonous condition. It is by faith, never works, deeds, fealty to sacramental striving, Mary pleadings, or any other plea to any other intercessor. JESUS said no man comes to the Father but by Him. Yet the naysayers seeking signs and wonders or desiring to offer their works will refuse to see and acknowledge the obvious.