Explaining the Faith - Bodies That Don't Decay? Incorruptible Saints and Relics

THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US AS  WE'RE GETTING POUNDED HERE WITH THE NOR'EASTER   HERE AT THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE DIVINE  MERCY IN MASSACHUSETTS BUT WHEREVER YOU ARE   BE SAFE AND WARM WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING TO  YOU TODAY WE'VE DONE OVER AN 80 OF THESE UM   EXPLAINING THE FAITH SERIES AND TODAY AS YOU  SAW ON THE SLIDE WE'RE EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE   INCORRUPTABLE SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST DON'T HEAR  ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SCIENCE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK AT   THAT MUCH AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT YOU KNOW  THIS IS NOT PAGAN WORSHIP THIS IS NOT VOODOO THIS   IS NOT WITCHCRAFT YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS THIS IS  SOMETHING THAT CHRISTIANS DID IN TERMS OF RELICS   GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF CHRIST RIGHT AFTER  AND THE EARLIEST CHRISTIANS FIRST CENTURY AND   INCORRUPTABLES GO BACK EARLY AS WELL AND WE'RE  GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT THANK YOU FOR JOINING US   IN THIS EXCITING UH TOPIC UH YOU KNOW WE ALSO WE  WE'VE DONE AS I SAID OVER SO MANY OF THESE EXPLAIN   THE FAITH WE JUST HAD UH OUR HOW TO PRAY VIDEO  THAT I DID ON THIS SERIES HIT A MILLION VIEWS UH   JUST ON YOUTUBE NOW IF YOU INCLUDE FACEBOOK AND  YOUTUBE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL VIDEOS OVER A MILLION   BUT JUST YOUTUBE ALONE UH HOW TO PRAY HAS JUST HIT  OVER A MILLION SO GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND LET US   PRAY WE'VE BEEN JOINED HERE WITH A RELIC OF SAINT  FAUSTINA AND SO AT THE END OF THE TALK TODAY I'LL   GIVE YOU THE BLESSING WITH HER RELIC BUT LET US  BEGIN IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND   OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN HEAVENLY FATHER WE ASK YOU  SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT DOWN UPON US TO BLESS US OPEN   OUR MINDS AND HEARTS TO ALL THESE EXTRAORDINARY  GRACES AND GIFTS OF OUR FAITH AND THROUGH THE   INTERCESSION OF MARY AND ALL THE SAINTS AND  THROUGH THE PASSION DEATH AND RESURRECTION   OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST MAY THIS DEDICATION OF  ALL THOSE WATCHING AND PRACTICING OF THEIR FAITH   LEAD THEM TO ETERNAL LIFE WE ASK THIS THROUGH  CHRIST OUR LORD AMEN IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER   AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FATHER  SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN WELL THANK YOU   AGAIN SO AS WE SAID WE'LL BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT  INCORRUPTABLES AND ABOUT RELICS NOW LET'S START   WITH INCORRUPTABLES EXACTLY WHAT IS THAT OR WHO  IS THAT ALL RIGHT THERE ARE MANY HUNDREDS IF NOT   THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES IN THE CHURCH OF  SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAVING SOME SUPERNATURAL   UH THING HAPPEN FOR INSTANCE THE BODY  WHEN WE DIE OUR BODIES DECAY IT ROTS   BUT MANY AND THERE'S BEEN OVER A HUNDRED CASES IN  THE CHURCH FULLY VERIFIED THAT ARE NOT EXPLAINABLE   SEVERAL OF THEM ARE EXPLAINABLE BY SCIENTIFIC  REASONS BUT THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE NOT AND   WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT SO WHAT ARE THE  INCORRUPTABLES THEY ARE SAINTS WHOSE MORTAL BODIES   HAVE NOT FULLY DECAYED OR CORRUPTED  AFTER DEATH EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULD   RIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN  EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS SO WE CAN SEE THESE SAINTS   ON PUBLIC DISPLAY ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE IF  YOU'RE IN EUROPE YOU CAN SEE THESE BODIES   IN FACT THE VERY FIRST ONE AS I MENTIONED  A MINUTE AGO GOES ALL THE WAY BACK   SECOND CENTURY LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE  THIS IS THE VERY FIRST INCORRUPTABLE THIS IS   SAINT CECILIA RIGHT THE PATRON OF MUSIC MUSICIANS  ALL RIGHT SO SHE WAS REPORTEDLY THE FIRST   INCORRUPTIBLE AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE  OF HER THIS IS NOT HER BODY THIS IS AN   EFFIGY OKAY IT'S LIKE A STATUE OR A MODEL OF IT  BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN SHE WAS FOUND   CENTURIES LATER AND WHERE SHE WAS NOT DECAYED ALL  RIGHT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY THIS CHURCH DOES   THAT SO ANYWAY WE HAVE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES  LIKE FOR INSTANCE TERESA OF AVILA IN THE 1500S   SHE DIDN'T ROT EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS BURIED IN A LOT  OF WET MUD THAT SHOULD HAVE ROTTED UH THE BODIES   OF PASCAL BALON ALSO IN THE 1500S SAINT FRANCIS  XAVIER ALSO IN THE 1500S WOW THE 1500S THE TIME   OF THE REFORMATION GOD ROSE UP SOME GREAT SAINTS  SO SAINT FRANCIS SAVIOR SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS   ALSO 1500S UM THEY ALL REMAINED FRESH AND INTACT  DESPITE THAT THEY WERE COVERED FOR MONTHS IN SACKS   OF QUICK LIME AND QUICK LIME IS A CHEMICAL  USED TO HASTEN THE DECOMPOSING OF THE FLESH   AND SO THE BODY'S WITHSTOOD THAT I MEAN IT'S IT'S  AMAZING AND SO WE WE HAVE SO MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS   LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE'S SAINT MARGARET  MARY ELLA COKE ALL RIGHT SOMETIMES THESE SAINTS   ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN SPECIAL  MISSIONS MARGARET MARY WAS GIVEN THE MESSAGE   OR THE MISSION OF SPREADING THE SACRED HEART SO  WE THINK MAYBE SHE WAS UNCORRUPTABLE BECAUSE SHE   PARTICIPATED IN THIS INCREDIBLE MISSION BUT  GUESS WHAT SOMETIMES NOT LET'S LOOK AT OUR   NEXT SLIDE OUR NEXT SLIDE THIS IS SAINT CLAIRE  OF MONTEFOLKO SHE LIVED IN THE LATE 1200S   UM THIS WAS A HOLY ITALIAN NUN THAT UNLIKE  MARGARET MARIELA COKE DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT   MISSION BUT YES IN A WAY SHE DID SHE TOLD HER  SISTERS IF YOU ARE SEEKING THE CROSS OF CHRIST   TAKE MY HEART AND THERE YOU WILL  FIND THE SUFFERING LORD NOW SHE DIED   RIGHT AND HER BODY WAS INCORRUPT SO THE  SISTERS REMOVED HER HEART OR HAD HER HEART   REMOVED AND IMPRINTED ON THE CARDIAC TISSUE WERE  FIGURES OF THE CRUCIFIX COMPLETE WITH THE FIVE   WOUNDS OF THE CRUCIFIXION REMEMBER THE FIVE  WOUNDS THE TWO HANDS THE TWO FEET AND THE SIDE   THIS IS INCREDIBLE ALL RIGHT LET'S TALK ABOUT  ANOTHER 1500S SAINT SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS   WHEN HE DIED IN 1591 HE WAS BURIED IN A VAULT  BENEATH THE FLOOR IN THE CHURCH AND WHEN THE   TOMB WAS OPEN NINE MONTHS LATER AND THIS IS  ALL DOCUMENTED I'M NOT MAKING ANY OF THIS UP   AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES  HERE IN THE BEGINNING WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND   THE WHOLE TALK JUST GIVING EXAMPLES WE'RE GOING  TO GO INTO MUCH MORE BUT ANYWAY THE TOMB WAS OPEN   NINE MONTHS LATER AND THE BODY WAS FRESH AND  INTACT NOW HERE'S THE WEIRD OR AMAZING HOWEVER   YOU LOOK AT IT THEY DECIDED TO CUT OFF A FINGER  TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PORTABLE RELIC SO ANYWAY   THEY HAD THIS FINGER AND WHEN IT WAS AMPUTATED  TO USE AS A RELIC THE BODY BLED JUST LIKE IF YOU   CUT OFF THE FINGER OF A LIVING PERSON THIS IS  AMAZING JUST THE SAME WAY THEN LATER HIS BODY WAS   EXHUMED IN 1859 AND AGAIN IN 1909 AND THE BODY WAS  STILL FRESH IS THE SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS HERE   THEN IT WAS LAST EXHUMED IN 1955 NOW  THIS TIME THE BODY'S NEARLY 400 YEARS OLD   DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO A BODY AFTER  400 YEARS THERE'S NOTHING LEFT BUT A SKELETON BUT   HIS BODY WAS STILL MOIST AND FLEXIBLE AND  THE SKIN QUOTE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY DISCOLORED AMAZING AND SO UM THIS IS WHAT WE  HAVE IN IN THE EXAMPLE OF HOLINESS NOW   IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST THE FULL BODY SOMETIMES  A PARTICULAR LIMB OR EVEN AN ORGAN OF A SAINT   WILL BE INCORRUPT AND NOT DECAY LIKE  THE TONGUE OR THE JAW OF SAINT ANTHONY   OF PADAWA HE WAS KNOWN AS A GOLDEN SPEAKER  LIKE SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM A GOLDEN TONGUE   UM OR THE HEART OF SAINT VINCENT TO PAUL OR HERE  LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE THAT'S THE HEART   OF SAINT JOHN VNA WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT  HERE AT THE SHRINE NOT TOO MANY YEARS   AGO AND ACTUALLY DID A TALK ON THAT SO THIS  IS INCREDIBLE SO THIS WAS THE SAINT JOHN VNA   AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIS HEART SO THE TITLE  IS RESERVED FOR BODIES OR PARTS OF THE SAINTS   THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO ROT NATURALLY  BUT DOES NOT HENCE THE TERM INCORRUPTIBLE   VERY AMAZING AND WE HAVE MANY MORE SAINTS THAN THE  ONES I JUST TALKED ABOUT SAINT CLAIRE OF ASSISI ST   JOHN BOSCO SAINT CHARBELLE BROTHER ALEX'S FAVORITE  UH PADRE PIO IN SOME SENSE HE WAS ON THE TITLE   SIDE IF HE SAW THE TITLE SIDE WITH THE LAYING BODY  THERE THAT WAS SAINT PADRE PIO AND SO WE HAVE SOME   INCREDIBLE EXAMPLES I WANT TO JUST GIVE A FEW  MORE BEFORE WE GO INTO ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT   INCORRUPTABLES AND THEN SHOW YOU SOME INCREDIBLE  RELICS RELICS OF JESUS COMING UP LIKE THE SPEAR   AND AND AND EVEN HIS TUNIC SO STAY WITH US BUT I  WANTED TO GO NOW TO SOME INCREDIBLE SAINTS WHOSE   BODIES ARE INCORRUPTABLE AND WHERE WE CAN FIND  THEM LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE SLIDES   NOW OUR NEXT SLIDE THERE'S FATHER JOE ROCHE HE  ACTUALLY DID A YOUTUBE TALK ON THIS ST VINCENT DE   PAUL'S HEART IS AT THE CHAPEL OF DAUGHTERS OF THE  DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY INSIDE THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY   OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL IN PARIS SO RIGHT THERE  IS SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL'S HEART NOW IN THAT SAME   OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL IN  PARIS YOU HAVE SAINT CATHERINE LABOURE   SHE LIES THERE INCORRUPTIBLE SO IF YOU'VE  EVER GET TO PARIS THAT'S THE PLACE TO GO   ALL RIGHT SO THESE ARE SOME POWERFUL EXAMPLES  NOW LET'S TAKE ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING ONES   NEXT SLIDE THIS IS SAINT BERNADETTE SUBARUS AND  YOU CAN SEE IN THAT SLIDE I MEAN MY GOODNESS   THAT'S BEAUTIFUL NOW YES THERE IS A LIGHT WAX  UH A LIGHT WAX MASK PUT OVER THE FACE AND WE'RE   GOING TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WHAT THAT IS AND WHY  THE CHURCH DOES THAT BUT FOR NOW WE'LL JUST SAY   THAT HER BODY IS STILL FULLY INTACT HER BODY LIES  THERE AT THE SANCTUARY OF SAINT BERNADETTE SUBARU   IN NEVERS FRANCE AND SO AGAIN SOME POWERFUL  FRENCH REMEMBER FRANCE THE FIRST DAUGHTER OF   THE CHURCH SHE'S ALSO I THINK THE FIRST DAUGHTER  OF THE INCORRUPTABLES SO THERE'S AMAZING ITALY TOO   ALL RIGHT WHAT ABOUT MY ONE OF MY FAVORITES SHE'S  ONE OF MY PATRON SAINTS TAKING CARE OF ME SAINT   RITA LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE NOW THERE IS NO  UM ADDITIONS THERE THAT IS PURELY HER THAT SINK   RITA OF CASHA AND SHE WAS WHAT THEY CALL LIKE A  SLEEPING BABY SMELLING SHE ACTUALLY SMELLED OF   SWEET FRAGRANCE SHE LIES IN THE SANCTUARY OF  SAINT REED OF KASHA IN KASHA ITALY SO AGAIN   MORE ITALIAN THERE FRENCH AND ITALIAN BEAUTIFUL  ALL RIGHT LET'S DO A COUPLE MORE BEFORE WE GO ON   WE TALKED ABOUT JOHN VIENNESE HEART A  SECOND AGO LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE   THERE'S ST JOHN VNA NOW THAT'S AMAZING  BODY IN CORRUPT IN AN INCORRUPTIBLE   STATE NOW THERE HIS FACE ALSO HAS A SLIGHT WAX  MASK AND AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT   BUT HIS BODY LIES SO BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED  IN THE SANCTUARY OF OURS AGAIN IN FRANCE   SO AMAZING ALL RIGHT TWO MORE QUICK ONES OR ONE  MORE QUICK ONE LET'S LOOK AT ROBERT BELLERMANN   ANOTHER GREAT SAINT PRO POST REFORMATION HE'S AT  THE CHURCH OF SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA UM IN ROME   AND SO YOU CAN SEE HIM NOW THERE THERE'S MORE OF  A STATUE IN PLACE OF THE BODY WELL THEN FATHER   THIS IS A JOKE THESE AREN'T INCORRUPTIBLE YOU'RE  JUST MAKING STATUES BUT WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN   HOW IT CAME ABOUT SO STAY WITH US NOW THERE  ARE MANY MANY MORE WE CAN'T COVER THEM ALL   BUT I FOUND A GREAT VIDEO AND CAMERAMAN  GIUSEPPE PUT IT TOGETHER FOR ME   AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU IT'S ONLY  THREE MINUTES BUT IT SHOWS YOU SOME EXAMPLE   BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I CAN COVER ALL THESE  INCORRUPTABLE SAINTS THEY'RE AMAZING BUT WE'LL   SHOW YOU SOME GREAT EXAMPLES RIGHT NOW SO LET'S  WATCH THIS VIDEO SOME OF THE INCORRUPTIBLE SAINTS IS IS OH IS IS IS IS SO BYE SO THOSE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES BUT  AS SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED SOME OF   THOSE BODIES LIKE WHOA FATHER THEY LOOK REALLY  DECAYED RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT   AND EXPLAIN HOW THIS ALL WORKS TOGETHER  FOR INSTANCE THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS   UM YOU KNOW FOR INSTANCE NON-CATHOLICS  WILL ASK THINGS LIKE WELL WHY DO SOME   NON-CORRUPTIBLES OR INCORRUPTABLES STAYING CORRUPT  FOR CENTURIES SUPPOSEDLY AND THEN SUDDENLY DECAY   IF THEY WERE HOLY THEY WOULD REMAIN FOREVER  INCORRUPT NO THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS   I WILL EXPLAIN THAT SOME OTHER QUESTIONS HOW COME  SOME BODY PARTS REMAIN INCORRUPT AFTER SEPARATING   FROM THE BODY BUT THE REST OF THE BODY CORRUPTS  AH INTERESTING IF THIS IS A SIGN OF SAINTLINESS   SOME ASK WHY AREN'T ALL SAINTS THEN SUPERNATURALLY  PRESERVED ALL RIGHT WE'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE YOU   CAN'T GET TWO GREATER SAINTS IN SAINT BERNADETTE  WHO WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AND SAINT TRES OF LAZU   BOTH OF THESE WERE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GIRLS WHO  WENT INTO THE CONVENT DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS AT AN   EARLY AGE WERE CANONIZED OUR SAINTS WERE VERY HOLY  TESTAMENT PROVES THAT BUT SAINT BERNADETTE'S BODY   WAS INCORRUPT BUT SAINT THERESE'S BODY WHEN  THEY EXHUMED IT WAS JUST A SKELETON AND I I   LAUGHED THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE HAD OUR SHORTER  VIDEO I SAID I I THINK IT'S BECAUSE SHE CRIED   TOO MUCH WHEN I WHEN I READ A STORY OF A  SOUL I WAS JUST LIKE PLEASE STOP CRYING I   JUST I COULDN'T I COULDN'T RELATE TO HER BUT AS  I EXPLAINED IN A PAST TALK ON SAINT THERESE I   I BEGAN TO SEE THE BEAUTY AH NO JUST KIDDING THERE  IT'S NOT THE REASON BUT GOD HAS HIS REASONS RIGHT   NOW INTERESTINGLY INCORRUPTIBILITY DOES  NOT IMPLY THAT THE BODY CAN'T EVENTUALLY   CORRUPT OR ROT IT CAN MANY HOLY CORPSES THAT  WERE INITIALLY INITIALLY FOUND PRESERVED ARE   NOW SKELETONS OR DECOMPOSED THERE'S NOTHING WRONG  WITH THAT WHY WELL ALL RIGHT IT'S LIKE WHEN BODIES   IN EXPLICIT UH IN EXPLAINING IN A  WAY THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED DECAY   RAPIDLY ALL OF A SUDDEN AFTER DECADES OF BEING  INCORRUPT ONCE FOR INSTANCE THAT THEY ARE MOVED   SO OKAY YOU HAVE THIS BODY THAT'S INCORRECT  ALL SUDDEN THEY MOVE IT AND ALL SUDDENLY   IT DECAYS THIS IS BECAUSE PERHAPS THE ORIGINAL  ENVIRONMENT HAD BEEN FOR INSTANCE AIRTIGHT   NOW DETERIORATION OF INCORRUPT CORPSES COULD  BE ATTRIBUTED TO EXPOSING THE BODY TO BAD AIR   WHERE IT WAS ONCE CORRUPT BECAUSE THE PERSON WAS  HOLY NOW IT'S PUT INTO BAD AIR IT CAN CORRUPT   GOD DOESN'T DOESN'T STOP NATURAL PHYSICS ALL RIGHT  MODERN PALEOPATHOLOGISTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF   PISA STUDIED THIS DID YOU KNOW THIS WITH VATICAN  SUPPORT THE VATICAN THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS   SUPPORTED SCIENCE THE TEAM STUDIED MICRO  ENVIRONMENTS IN THE TOMBS OF INCORRUPTIBLE CORPSES   ALL RIGHT THEY DISCOVERED THAT SMALL DIFFERENCES  IN TEMPERATURES MOISTURE AND EVEN CONSTRUCTION   TECHNIQUES LED TO SOME TOMBS PRODUCING NATURALLY  PRESERVED BODIES WHILE OTHERS IN THE SAME CHURCH   DIDN'T NOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD DRAW A  CONCLUSION FROM THAT BECAUSE MAYBE JUST HAPPENED   TO BE A COINCIDENCE I DON'T KNOW OR MAYBE THAT'S  JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE TOMBS WHERE THE TRULY HOLY   SAINTS THE HOLIEST OF THE HOLY WERE ENTOMBED SO  I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DRAW THAT CONCLUSION IT WAS   OBSERVED THAT IF THE BODIES WERE MOVED OR IF THE  CLIMATES CHANGED THEY THEN DETERIORATED SO THERE   ARE PLAUSIBLE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS ALL RIGHT  SO THESE THESE EXPLANATIONS OR THE POSSIBILITY   OF THINGS LIKE LOST EMBALMING RECORDS THAT MAYBE  THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE SAINT WAS ACTUALLY EMBALMED   HAVE LED THE CHURCH SURPRISINGLY TO CHANGE  ITS DOCTRINE WE CAN CHANGE DOCTRINE WE DON'T   CHANGE DOGMA WE CAN REVISE I SHOULDN'T SAY CHANGE  DOCTRINE THAT'S A BAD TERM SORRY DEVELOP DOCTRINE   AND NOW INCORRUPTIBILITY ALONE BY ITSELF  IS NOT ALWAYS TREATED AS MIRACULOUS BECAUSE SCIENCE CAN EXPLAIN SOME SOME BODIES WERE  ADMINISTERED ACID BATHS OR OTHER TREATMENTS TO   HELP PRESERVE THEM ALL RIGHT CORPSES  HAVE BEEN PICKLED RIGHT IN VINEGAR   WINE OR ALCOHOL TO STOP SMELL AND DECAY AND  SOMETIMES THE RECORD OF THIS HAS BEEN LOST   YOU KNOW THE ENGLISH WORD FOR EMBALMING  MEANS TO PUT ON BALM BALM IS A SCENT   YOU SMELL IT THAT'S EMBALMING SO EMBALMING  DEVELOPED A WIDE VARIETY OF PRESERVATIVES AND   METHODS TO DELAY DECAY BUT IT NEVER PREVENTS  IT THAT'S WHY THESE MIRACLES I STILL BELIEVE   THESE ARE MIRACLES BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SAY WELL  NO THEY WERE IN BOMBS BUT EVEN EMBALMING YOU'VE   EVER SEEN A BODY DUG UP IT WAS EMBALMED IN IN  WORLD WAR ONE AND YOU SEE IT NOW IT'S A SKELETON   RIGHT AND SO TODAY EMBALMING IS MORE  PUTTING SOMETHING INTO THE BODY TO ENSURE   PRESERVATION NOW THE POINT IS THIS EVERYBODY  THERE'S NO ATTEMPT BY THE CHURCH TO DECEIT   ALL THESE NON-CATHOLICS I JUST SAW SEVERAL  WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH ON THIS AND   AND WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT IN SEMINARY I  REMEMBER ONLY ONE PART OF ONE CLASS THAT I HAD IN   SEMINARY WE ALL LOVED IT THIS IS THIS WHOLE SERIES  IS ME GOING BACK TO SEMINARY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE   FUNNEST TIME OF MY LIFE RELEARNING EVERYTHING  I LEARNED IN SEMINARY AND BRINGING YOU WITH ME   AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT  WAS THESE INCORRUPTABLES AND MIRACLES BUT WE   DIDN'T SPEND MUCH TIME SMALL POINT NOW THERE IS  NO ATTEMPT TO DECEIT BECAUSE HONESTLY SOMETIMES   OVER TIME THE KNOWLEDGE OF EMBALMING WAS LOST OR  CERTAIN SAINTS WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE TREATED   WHICH COULD AFFECT THEM BEING INCORRUPT OR NOT  SO THERE IS HUMAN INTERFERENCE LIKE EMBALMING   THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS LIKE WE TALKED  ABOUT WITH THE AIRTIGHT TOMBS OR SOMETHING LIKE   THAT THAT MAY PROTECT THE REMAINS THIS IS THIS IS  FINE THE CHURCH HAS NEVER ARGUED THIS WE'RE NOT   CHURCH ISN'T TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU CONTRARY  TO ALL THESE VIDEOS I SEE OUT THERE SAYING THE   CHURCH IS A FRAUD BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE  YOU BELIEVE THIS THING'S THIS BODY IS CORRUPT WHEN   THEY BUILT A STATUTE YOU HAVEN'T TOLD YOU SAYING  CRAP WE DON'T BELIEVE THE STATUE IS IN CORRUPT THE   STATUE WAS BUILT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE BODY LOOKED  LIKE WHEN IT WAS FOUND INCORRUPT CENTURIES AGO   SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ALL THESE  FACTORS THAT COULD EXPLAIN IT   SCIENTIFICALLY SO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS  HUMAN INTERFERENCE EMBALMING NEVERTHELESS ONCE ALL THESE NATURAL EXPLANATIONS AND HUMAN  INTERFERENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ARE   ACCOUNTED FOR ONCE THE CHURCH LOOKS INTO EACH  CASE AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER OF CASES STILL REMAIN   UNEXPLAINED THAT'S AMAZING SAINT BERNADETTE  SUBARU WE JUST TALKED ABOUT SHE WAS THE ONE   THAT OUR LADY APPEARED TO IN LOURDES FRANCE TOLD  HER SHE WAS THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SHE DIED   LONG BEFORE MODERN EMBALMING PROCEDURES  WERE DEVELOPED THE WAY WE HAVE THEM TODAY   NOW AS HE SAID EMBALMING JUST DELAYS BUT DOES  NOT ULTIMATELY PREVENT THE DECAY OF ONE'S BODY   AND SHE'S IN CORRUPT AND SHE WAS BEFORE MODERN  EMBALMING SO THESE BODIES OF PEOPLE LIKE SAINT   BERNADETTE AND MAYBE EVEN SAINT CATHERINE LABOURE  ANOTHER FRENCH GIRL THEY REMAIN INCORRUPT EVEN   THOUGH THERE'S THEIR BODIES WE KNOW FOR A FACT  WERE NEVER EMBALMED AND HAD BEEN EXPOSED NEVER   TO SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE UH ELEMENTS  THEY WERE JUST EXPOSED TO THE REGULAR AIR   SO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION THOSE EXAMPLES I  GAVE THAT MAYBE THEY WERE IN AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS   OR MAYBE THEY HAD SPECIAL EMBALMING WITH SAINT  CATHERINE LABORATORY AND ST BERNADETTE THEY   DIDN'T HAVE THAT AND MANY MANY OTHER  SAINTS YET THEY ARE INCORRUPT ALL RIGHT   THEY HAD NOT BEEN EMBALMED AND THEY WERE NOT  EXPOSED TO SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS SO   HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT ALL RIGHT HERE'S WHAT  HAPPENS IN THE PROCESS WHEN A BODY IS EXHUMED   IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE THEY THINK THE PERSON'S  A SAINT AND THE CHURCH WANTS TO MOVE THE BODY   TO MAYBE A MORE PROMINENT PLACE  FOR EXAMPLE NOW DURING THE MOVE   CLERGY AND EVEN SCIENTISTS INSPECT THE REMAINS TO  MAKE SURE FIRST OF ALL THEY HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON   AND MAYBE STRANGELY CUT OFF A FEW PIECES TO MAKE  PORTABLE RELICS ALL RIGHT THEY DID THIS WITH SAINT   FAUSTINA WE HAVE HER TOE BONE RIGHT HERE THAT I'M  GOING TO GIVE YOU A BLESSING WITH UM BUT ANYWAY   THIS IS HOW WE FIND INCORRUPTABLES BECAUSE  THEY USUALLY EXHUME THE BODY TO MOVE IT TO   A BETTER PLACE AND THEN THEY SEE IT'S  NOT CORRUPTED YOU KNOW BECAUSE THIS IS   WHAT THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE MOVING THE BODY  BECAUSE THEY THINK THIS PERSON'S A SAINT   SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOLINESS  NOW EVEN IF THE BODY IS INCORRUPT   THAT PRISTINE STATE DURING INSPECTION USUALLY  ISN'T PERMANENT AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT A FRAUD   IT DOESN'T GOD IN TIMES OF MY LIFE HAS ALLOWED  ME TO BE HOLY AND IN TIMES IN MY LIFE I'VE BEEN   UNHOLY IT'S NOT PERMANENT WELL ULTIMATELY I WANT  TO GET TO THE PERMANENT STATE OF HOLINESS BUT I'VE   GONE IN AND OUT AT TIMES GROWING UP SO MANY TO  PRESERVE THEM AT THE MOMENT THEY FOUND THEM WERE   GIVEN WAX MASKS BECAUSE THEY WOULD DIG UP THE BODY  AND IMMEDIATELY IT WAS INCORRUPT BUT THEN IT WOULD   START TO DECAY EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE DECAYED  IN THE GROUND AND THEY WOULD DO THINGS LIKE PUT   WAX MASKS ON THEM TO PRESERVE THEM AS THE WAY  THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE FIRST FOUND INCORRUPTABLE   THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT THAT'S NOT  FRAUD IT'S SHOWING YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE   THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THAT STATUE AS SAINT CECILIA  WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER WITH HER LAYING ON HER SIDE   THAT'S NOT HER ACTUAL BODY IT'S A STATUE NOW THAT  SHOWS HER BODY THE WAY IT WAS FOUND INCORRUPTIBLE   MANY YEARS AFTER HER DEATH ALL RIGHT SO MANY ARE  GIVEN THESE MASKS TO REPRESENT THIS CONDITION   UPON WHEN THEY WERE DISCOVERED ALL RIGHT OTHERS  ARE RE-BURIED AND THEY HAVE A SCULPTURE OF THE   CORPSE LIKE WE JUST MENTIONED SAINT CECILIA  SOME ARE DISPLAYED IN GLASS CASKETS WE JUST   SHOWED YOU SOME WITH ROBERT BELLARMINE AND WE'LL  SHOW YOU SOME MORE WITH A THIN LAX LAYER LAYER   OVER THE SKIN AGAIN TO SHOW WHAT THEY ONCE LOOKED  LIKE AND TO PRESERVE THAT FOR CENTURIES TO COME   NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT A FEW HUNDRED  SAINTS ARE FULLY IN CORRUPT CORPSES   BUT STILL WEAR WAX AS MASKS OR OVER THEIR BODY  AND WE GET IT THIS SOMETIMES CAUSES CONFUSION   BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO ALL RIGHT UNLESS  YOU KNOW WHO'S WHO IN THE SAINT WORLD   IT'S SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL THE REAL SAINTS  INCORRUPTIBLE BODY FROM AN EFFIGY ALL RIGHT AND   FROM FROM THAT SO AGAIN NO ONE'S TRYING TO TRICK  US OR PRETEND THAT THESE BODIES ARE SOMETHING THEY   AREN'T THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL IT'S JUST  TRYING TO CAPTURE SOMETHING THAT WAS ONCE   IN A BEAUTIFUL PRISTINE STATE BUT IT MAY NOT LAST  SO THEY WANT TO PRESERVE IT IT'S NOT THAT THEY   MADE IT THAT WAY OR PRETENDED IT WAS THAT WAY IT  WAS THAT WAY AND THEN NOW THEY WANT TO PRESERVE IT   SO ANYWAY MORE SOPHISTICATED SCIENTIFIC  EXPLANATIONS AS WELL AS MISTAKES FOUND   IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF PRESERVATION RECORDS  AND LOST EMBALMING THIS HAS FORCED THE CHURCH   TO REALLY RECONSIDER HOW WE LABEL AN INCORRUPTABLE  ALL RIGHT WHICH SAINTS FOR INSTANCE DESERVE   THE TITLE OF AN INCORRUPTABLE SO ACCORDING TO  CHURCH DOCTRINE AS I SAID INCORRUPTIBILITY ALONE   CANNOT NOW BE COUNTED BY ITSELF AS MIRACULOUS  TO ME I I I DON'T SEE WHY NOT BUT WE'RE GOING   TO FOLLOW THE CHURCH FOR EXAMPLE THE  VATICAN NEVER USED THE WORDS MIRACULOUS   OR INCORRUPT WITH JOHN THE 23RD INSTEAD LET'S LOOK  AT THE NEXT PICTURE LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE   JOHN THE 23RD OR BLESSED JOHN THE 23RD WAS  REMARKABLY NOW SAINT WAS REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED   THAT'S HOW THEY STATED IT THE CHURCH  DOESN'T DECLARE AN EVENT MIRACULOUS JUST   RANDOMLY AND THAT'S SMART THEY WAIT UNTIL EVERY  NATURAL EXPLANATION IS ELIMINATED ALL RIGHT NOW   THE POINT WITH JOHN THE 23RD IS THERE WERE SOME  NATURAL ELEMENTS THERE HE WAS PUT IN A LEAD TOMB   THAT WAS AIRTIGHT THINGS LIKE THAT SO THE CHURCH  NEVER WENT AROUND SCREAMING MIRACLE IT'S A MIRACLE   CHURCH DIDN'T DO THAT ALL RIGHT ALTHOUGH LITTLE  SCIENTIFIC STUDY IS DONE ON THIS INCORRUPTIBLES   AND I DON'T GET THIS I I MEAN WHEN THEY DO DIG UP  A BODY AND THEY FIND IT IMMEDIATELY INCORRUPTIBLE   EVEN IF IT DECAYS LATER WHY AREN'T THERE NEWS  TEAMS OUT THERE I SAID EARLIER WHERE WAS KATIE   COURIC WHEN THEY WOULD OPEN THESE TOMBS AND SEE  THE BODY INCORRUPTIBLE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS   AFTERWARDS AND IF YOU HAVE TO PRESERVE  IT WITH WAX OR WHATEVER DESPITE THAT   HOW ABOUT THE FACT WHEN THEY  OPENED THE TOMB THAT IT WAS PERFECT   THAT RIGHT THERE ALONE DESERVES SCIENTIFIC  RECOGNITION AND THERE'S LITTLE SCIENCE THAT   STUDIED THIS THE CHURCH CHEATS THEM HOWEVER VERY  DETAILED DOCUMENTS EVERYTHING OF ALL THE MIRACLES   IN THE CHURCH THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST DOCUMENTED  THESE INCORRUPTIBLES YOU KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD   EXHUME A BODY THEY'D HAVE WITNESSES THEY WOULD  TAKE OATHS THEY WOULD DO AFFIDAVITS BY WORKERS AND   PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS WAS  WAS LEGITIMATE CHURCH IS DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY   NOW THE CHURCH ADVISES US TO FIRST LOOK  FOR NATURAL EXPLANATIONS AND IT'S GOOD THAT   SHE'S CAUTIOUS RIGHT SO WHILE THE CHURCH DOESN'T  DENY THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS A MIRACULOUS   INCORRUPTIBLE BODY IT DOESN'T PROMOTE  IT IT DOESN'T GO AROUND RUNNING AROUND   SAYING MIRACLE EVERY TIME ACCORDING TO ROME THESE  PHENOMENA MAY CONFIRM HOLINESS BUT ON ITS OWN   OKAY ON ITS OWN THE PRESERVATION OF BODIES  DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY PROVE HOLINESS DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MAKE YOU HOLY THERE HAVE  BEEN INSTANCES OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT SEEM SAINTLY   YET THEY WERE INCORRUPT IN FACT IT DOESN'T EVEN  PROVE THE CATHOLIC TEACHING BECAUSE THERE'S   EXAMPLES OF BUDDHIST MONKS WHO ARE INCORRUPT THESE  COULD BE DUE TO THE REASONS WE MENTIONED ABOVE   EMBALMING OR AIRTIGHT CASKETS THINGS LIKE  THAT NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO RELICS WHICH   I THINK ARE FASCINATING WE'RE GOING TO FINISH  WITH THIS PART WHY DO WE BELIEVE THIS ALL RIGHT   WE BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE GOD PROVIDES SO THAT THE  BODILY REMAINS OF SOME OF HIS FAITHFUL WILL NOT GO   UNDERGO CORRUPTION STARTS WITH JESUS AND  MARY ACTS 1 27 THE FATHER DID NOT ALLOW   JESUS BODY TO EXPERIENCE CORRUPTION WHILE  IN THE TOMB HE RESURRECTED HE ASCENDED   IT'S THE SAME WITH MARY AND THE DOGMA OF THE  ASSUMPTION NOW WE'RE NOT SURE MARY DIED OR NOT   THE DORMITION THAT CHURCH DOESN'T SAY BUT WHAT  THE CHURCH DOES SAY IS SHE WAS NOT CORRUPTED   HER BODY WAS ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN UNCORRUPTED ALSO  SAINTS THAT SPOKE WITH MARY LIKE YOU MENTIONED   SAINT BERNADETTE THESE TWO DID NOT FACE CORRUPTION  SO HERE'S THE POINT EVERYBODY THEY REMIND US THAT   OUR FAITH IS BOTH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL LIKE  THE SACRAMENTS WHAT IS THE SACRAMENT IT'S A   PHYSICAL LIKE THE BREAD AND THE WINE BUT IT'S  ALSO THE SPIRITUAL THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST   SO SPIRITUALLY IT'S INDICATIVE OF THE PERSON'S  MORTAL REMAINS BEING READY FOR THE RESURRECTION   THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE IF THE CHURCH  ACCEPTS IT AS SUPERNATURAL MEANING OF GOD   THEN WE COULD SAY THE PERSON WAS HOLY  BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE INCORRUPT WE   MIGHT FIND DUE TO SCIENCE THERE'S A REASON WE  CAN'T AUTOMATICALLY SAY THE PERSON WAS HOLY   DO YOU GET THAT GET THAT DIFFERENCE OFTEN COUPLED  WITH ALSO INCORRUPTIBILITY IS THE SIGN OF SWEET   SMELL ODOR YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW WE'LL THAT'S HOW  GOD WILL JUDGE US THE BIBLE TELLS US WHEN WE GO   BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD IN JUDGMENT DO YOU KNOW  THAT HOW YOU WILL BE JUDGED IS WHAT GOD SMELLS WILL HE SMELL PERFUME AND ROSES AND  BEAUTY OR WILL HE SMELL STENCH AND SEWER   THAT'S HOW GOD KNOWS INSTANTLY  WHEN WE'RE IN HIS PRESENCE   THAT'S INCREDIBLE I KNOW WE'RE ANTHROPOMORPHIZING  GOD BUT THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE OLD   TESTAMENT A SWEET SMELLING ODOR WAS A METAPHOR  USED TO INDICATE A PERSON WAS PLEASING TO GOD   AND WHILE THE DEAD HUMAN BODY MAY  NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS SMELL BAD   I GUESS IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY  THAT IT'LL SMELL GOOD RIGHT   THEREFORE AN ODOR OF SWEETNESS WOULD BE INDUCED BY  THE SUPERNATURAL BY GOD AND THEREFORE MIRACULOUS   SO WHEN YOU EVER HAVE THAT SWEET SMELLING OF  A CORPSE THAT'S USUALLY GOING TO BE MIRACULOUS   BUT REMEMBER TOO THOUGH THE DEVIL THE EVIL ONE CAN  ACTUALLY PRODUCE A SWEET ODOR FALSE BUT APPARENTLY   SWEET SO WE HAVE TO BE MAKE SURE WE'RE CAREFUL  THAT A SIGN WOULD BE CORROBORATED BY THE HOLINESS   OF THE PERSON'S LIFE THAT'S THE ULTIMATE FACTOR SO  LET'S GO BACK TO JOHN THE 23RD YES THERE COULD BE   EXPLANATIONS OF SCIENCE LIKE HE WAS SPRAYED WITH  CHEMICALS AND HE WAS PUT IN A CASKET SEALED WITH   LEAD WITH LITTLE OXYGEN BUT ONE CAN SEE THAT IT  WAS PROBABLY MIRACULOUS BECAUSE THE LIFE HE LIVED   IT'S CONNECTED THE INCORRUPTIBLES DEMONSTRATE THAT  THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD ARE   INTERTWINED NOW I'M GOING INTO SOME DEEP THEOLOGY  FOR YOU RIGHT NOW GO BACK TO SEMINARY WITH ME   BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND OUR CATHOLIC  FAITH AND WHY WE HAVE THESE THINGS PEOPLE LEAVE   THE CATHOLIC FAITH BECAUSE THEY'RE TOLD THIS  IS PAGAN WORSHIP WE'RE NOT WORSHIPING THESE   WE'RE HONORING THE SAINT YOU YOU HONOR THE ART YOU  HONOR THE ARTIST THE ARTIST IS GOD THE ART IS THE   HOLY SAINT WHEN WE HONOR THE HOLY SAINT THE ART  WE'RE HONORING GOD THE ARTIST AND SO WE DON'T KNOW   HOW EXACTLY THESE TWO INTERTWINE THE SPIRITUAL  AND THE PHYSICAL BUT WE KNOW WHAT WE DO WITH   OUR BODIES AFFECTS OUR SOUL AND WHAT WE DO  IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM AFFECTS OUR BODIES   IT'S TRUE THE BOTTOM LINE THE INCORRUPTIBLES ARE  A SIGN OF THE RESURRECTION YOUR BODY IS GETTING   PREPARED TO BE PERFECT IN HEAVEN THIS IS AMAZING  ALL RIGHT FIRST CORINTHIANS 5 LISTEN TO THIS   SO ALSO IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD IT IS SO  INCORRUPTIBLE BUT IT IS RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE IT   IS SOWN IN A NATURAL BODY BUT IT IS RAISED IN  A SPIRITUAL BODY SO HERE'S THE POINT EVERYBODY   AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO ONTO RELICS AGING  DEATH DECAY THEY WERE NOT IN GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN   THIS IS WHY ALL THE PATRIARCHS OF THE BOOK  OF GENESIS LIVED TO HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD   HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD AS MAN WENT OVER  INTO THE CENTURIES WE GOT MORE CORRUPT AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE THE  PRETERNATURAL GIFTS OF ADAM AND EVE BEFORE   THE FALL INFUSED KNOWLEDGE NO CONCUPISCENCE  MEANING THEY WEREN'T TEMPTED TO SIN LIKE WE ARE   AND BODILY IMMORTALITY THESE SAINTS THEN WHEN  YOU SEE THEM INCORRUPTIBLE AND THEIR BODIES ARE   INTACT IT MEANS THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THE WAY  IT WAS BEFORE ADAM AND EVE IN THE FALL BACK TO   THE PRETERNATURAL GIFTS BODILY IMMORTALITY THIS  IS JUST SIMPLY A PRECURSOR FOR THE RESURRECTION   IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE AND SO IN THE MEANTIME FOR  THOSE WHO ARE CORRUPT WE HAVE RELICS WE GOT SAINT   FAUSTINA RIGHT HERE THIS IS HER TOE BONE RIGHT AND  WE DON'T WORSHIP HER TOE BONE WE DON'T WORSHIP HER   BUT IT'S A SIGN OF THE BODY THAT SHE WILL HAVE  THAT WILL BE UNITED WITH THIS HOLY PERSON IN   HEAVEN NOW RELICS ARE AUTHENTICATED NOW LET'S  TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ROCKS LET'S LOOK   AT OUR NEXT SLIDE THAT'S A PERKS PICTURE OF SOME  RELICS JUST LIKE I SHOWED YOU WITH SAINT FAUSTINA   NOW THEY ARE AUTHENTICATED BY THE CONGREGATION  FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS SO THEY ARE REAL   ALL RIGHT THEY ARE REAL NOW RELICS OF SAINTS  ARE RESPECTED OR VENERATED SIMILAR TO HOW WE   VENERATE HOLY IMAGES OR ICONS WE DON'T WORSHIP  THEM THEY HAVE EXISTED SINCE THE FIRST CENTURY   SO THEY'RE A PART OF CHRISTIANITY BUT AGAIN  NOT WORSHIPPED YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS SOMEBODY   SAYS YOU YOU CRAZY CATHOLICS THIS IS A MODERN  INVENTION NO IT ISN'T GO BACK TO THE VERY FIRST   CENTURIES YOU EVER HEAR A POLYCARP HIS RELICS  ARE RECORDED IN THE MARTYRDOM OF POLYCARP 150 A.D   WOW WE HAVE RELICS BECAUSE THE MORAL MORTAL  REMAINS OF THE DECEASED ARE ASSOCIATED WITH   THE HOLINESS OF THEIR SOULS AND AWAIT  THE REUNION OF BODIES IN THE RESURRECTION   IT MAKES SENSE THIS IS WHAT OUR WHOLE FAITH  IS ABOUT THE WORD RELIC COMES FROM RELIQUIERE   WHICH MEANS REMAINS AND THE LATIN VERB RILENKIR  COMES TO MEAN LEAVE BEHIND OR ABANDON AND THAT'S   WHAT WE CALL A RELIQUARY THIS IS A RELIQUARY  SO THE THE THE OBJECT THAT HOLDS THE RELIC THIS   IS CALLED A RELIQUARY RIGHT INSIDE HERE  ACTUALLY I SHOULD PROBABLY SAY THIS   THIS LITTLE CASING AND INSIDE THE RELIQUARY IS  THE RELIC OF SAINT FAUSTINA AND SO WE HAVE THIS CAN'T FORGET TO HONOR THE ART  SO THAT WE HONOR THE ARTIST NOW THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THESE SO ANYWAY A RELIQUARY  IS WHAT HOUSES THE RELIC ALL RIGHT SO WE SAID   WE HAVE SAINT FAUSTINA RIGHT HERE BUT RELICS  ARE A WAY TO BRING THE SAINTS TO THE PEOPLE   WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T COME TO THE SAINTS I  TRAVEL WITH A LITTLE RELIC OF SAINT FAUSTINA   AND I TAKE OUT ON MY MISSIONS AND SHE GOES WITH ME  IN MY BAG I LOST MY BAG AT THE AIRPORT A WHILE AGO   AND I WAS SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE  WAS NO HELP IT SEEMED IN FINDING IT   AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I REMEMBER  SAINT FAUSTINA WAS IN THAT BAG   AND I STARTED PRAYING TO HIM WE  FOUND THE BAG PRAISE BE TO GOD   ALL RIGHT SO WAYS TO TO BRING SAINTS TO THE PEOPLE  ARE RELICS ALL RIGHT AGAIN HOMAGE OR RESPECT   IS NOT PAID TO AN INANIMATE OBJECT TO  A BONE BUT TO THE HOLY PERSON RIGHT   AND INDEED THE VENERATION OF A HOLY PERSON IS  ITSELF HONOR TO GOD THE ART AND THE ARTIST RIGHT   ALL RIGHT WRAPPING UP HERE GETTING CLOSE I  WANT TO GET TO SOME INTERESTING RELICS BECAUSE   GOD'S GRACE COMES TO US THROUGH MATERIAL THINGS  SOMETIMES AS WELL AS THROUGH SPIRITUAL PEOPLE   DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS THEY THINK THIS IS CRAZY  CATHOLICISM IT'S NOT IT'S IN THE BIBLE WHERE IS   THAT IN THE BIBLE FATHER CHRIS OH WOW IF I HAD  A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME I HEARD THAT WELL I'LL   TELL YOU WHERE IT'S AT THE BIBLE EXODUS 13 19.  LISTEN TO THIS MOSES TOOK JOSEPH'S BONES WITH HIM   FOR JOSEPH HAD MADE THE ISRAELITES TAKE ISRAELITES  TAKE A SOLEMN VOW SAYING GOD WILL SURELY TAKE CARE   OF YOU AND YOU MUST BRING MY BONES UP WITH YOU WHY  OH HE'S A DEAD PERSON I GET THAT ALL THE TIME TOO   HE'S A DEAD THEY'RE A DEAD PERSON MARY'S A DEAD  PERSON SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU   SHE CAN'T NO THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN ARE ALIVE LOOK  AT MOSES ON MOUNT TABOR WHEN JESUS TALKED TO HIM   DID HE SEEM TOTALLY DEAD NO AND NOW HE'S BEING  TOLD TO TAKE THE BONES HOW ABOUT SAY II KINGS 13   21 BUT WHEN THE MAN CAME IN CONTACT WITH  THE BONES OF ELISHA HE CAME BACK TO LIFE   YOU CRAZY CATHOLICS YOU HAVE THESE BONES WELL  SECOND KINGS 13 21 SAYS WHEN THE BONES OF   ALICIA WERE TOUCHED THE PERSON CAME BACK TO  LIFE GOD CAN WORK THROUGH ANYTHING HE WANTS   BE IT A PERSON OR A THING WE WANT TO LIMIT  GOD AND SAY YOU CAN'T WORK THROUGH THAT BONE   HE CAN IF HE WANTS TO THE BIBLE SAYS HE DID  MARK 5 25-34 BUT IF I JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES I SHALL BE CURED IMMEDIATELY HER FLOW OF  BLOOD DRIED UP SHE FELT IN HER BODY THAT   SHE WAS HEALED OF HER INFLICTION SHE DIDN'T  EVEN TOUCH JESUS SHE TOUCHED HIS CLOTHES ACTS 19 11. SO EXTRAORDINARY WERE THE MIGHTY  DEEDS GOD ACCOMPLISHED AT THE HANDS OF PAUL   THAT WHEN HIS HANDKERCHIEFS NOW  WE'RE TALKING A HANDKERCHIEF   WERE APPLIED TO THE SICK THEIR DISEASES LEFT  THEM AND THE EVIL SPIRITS CAME OUT OF THEM OKAY   HOW CAN YOU GET ANY MORE CLEAR THAN THAT  THE PERSON DIDN'T TOUCH PAUL IT WAS THEIR   HANDKERCHIEF GOD ACCOMPLISHED AT THE HANDS OF  PAUL THAT WHEN HIS HANKER CHIEFS WERE APPLIED   TO THE SICK THEIR DISEASES LEFT THEM THAT'S  EXACTLY WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS DOING   ALL OUR CRITICISM OF NOT BEING BIBLICAL I CAN  FIND YOU AND TELL YOU WHERE IT'S ALL BIBLICAL AND SO PRAY FOR US BECAUSE WE WANT TO  START I WANT TO START WRITING BOOKS AGAIN   TO GET ALL THIS PUT DOWN SO WE CAN GET THE MESSAGE  OUT TO THAT OUR FAITH IS TRUE WHAT ABOUT ACTS 5   15 IT SAYS CURES WERE THROUGH PETER'S SHADOW HIS  SHADOW THIS IS VERY INTERESTING FATHER YOU WORSHIP   THEM NO WE DON'T YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME PUT THIS  RELIC ON THAT ALTAR YOU KNOW WHY IT'S NOT ALLOWED   WE CAN'T PUT RELICS ON THE ALTAR FOR VENERATION  OH WAIT A MINUTE FATHER YOU HAVE ALTER UH   RELICS IN THE ALTAR OKAY YOU'RE TELLING ME  YOU WON'T WANT TO PUT THEM ON FOR WORSHIP BUT   YOU GOT THEM IN THE ALTAR YOU KNOW DID YOU  KNOW THAT THAT EACH ALTAR IN A CATHOLIC   CHURCH HAS A LITTLE RELIC INSIDE THE ALTAR  DID YOU KNOW THAT NOT TO SPHERE THAT'S FROM   REVELATION 6 9. QUOTE WHEN HE BROKE OPEN  THE FIFTH SEAL I SAW UNDERNEATH THE ALTAR   THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SLAUGHTERED AND  DIED BECAUSE OF THE WITNESS THEY BORE TO THE WORD   OF GOD THAT'S WHY WE CATHOLICS HAVE RELICS IN THE  ALTAR REVELATION 6 9. WELL FATHER I'M CONFUSED   WHAT IS ALL THIS RELICS IT SOUNDS LIKE A BUNCH OF  PAGAN STUFF NO IT'S VERY SIMPLE FIRST SECOND THIRD   CLASS RELICS OKAY WHAT'S A FIRST CLASS RELIC A  FIRST CLASS RELIC IS PART OF THE SAINT ITSELF   SO FOR INSTANCE A BONE LIKE SAINT FAUSTINA RIGHT  HERE TOE BONE THAT'S A FIRST-CLASS RELIC IT CAN   ALSO APPLY TO THE EVENTS OF CHRIST'S LIFE  NOT HIS BODY BECAUSE HE ROSE BUT THE CROSS   THE CROWN OF THORNS THINGS LIKE THAT OR ANY  PHYSICAL REMAINS OF THE SAINTS THEIR HAIR   THEIR BONES AS WE SAID LIKE FAUSTINA THAT'S A  FIRST-CLASS RELIC WE CAN'T SELL THOSE THOSE ARE   SACRED ALSO A SECOND-CLASS RELIC ARE ITEMS THAT  THE SAINT USED OR OWNED THEMSELVES LIKE A BIBLE   OR A ROSARY OR THE CLOTHES THEY ACTUALLY WORE OR  LIKE THEIR HABIT THAT'S ACTUALLY A SECOND CLASS   THEY ACTUALLY HAD IT THEY POSSESSED IT THEY USED  IT LIKE A BIBLE BUT A THIRD CLASS RELIC CAN BE   SOLD WE SELL THEM IN LINE WITH THE CHURCH THESE  ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TOUCHED A FIRST-CLASS RELIC   OR A SECOND-CLASS RELIC LIKE A SMALL PIECE OF  CLOTH OKAY SO IF YOU TAKE A SMALL PIECE OF CLOTH   AND YOU TOUCH IT TO THE RELIC OF SAINT FAUSTINA  YOU HAVE A THIRD CLASS RELIC ALL RIGHT NOW WE   ALWAYS LAUGH PEOPLE SAY WELL FATHER I I SHOOK  THE HANDS OF JOHN PAUL TOO THAT MAKES ME A RELIC   IN A WAY BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INANIMATE  OBJECTS HERE ALL RIGHT NOW TO FINISH I THINK   THIS IS FASCINATING I WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIST  OF RELICS AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND THEM AROUND   THE WORLD NOW WE DID THIS BRIEFLY IN A TALK I  DID ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO CALLED THE SAINTS   THE ROLE OF THE SAINTS AND I DID SOME OF THIS IN  THAT TALK BUT I WANT TO KIND OF ADD TO IT HERE   AND WE WANT TO FINISH WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S  VERY POWERFUL ALL RIGHT THERE ARE MANY RELICS   ATTRIBUTED TO JESUS I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS  I DIDN'T UNTIL AGAIN I CAME TO THE MARIANS   NOW WE PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THESE THINGS ALL  EXISTED NOW SOME YOU DO SOME ARE OBVIOUS LIKE   THE SHROUD OF TURIN AND WE HAVE A WHOLE TALK UH  WAY EARLY IN THE EXPLAINING THE FACE SERIES ON   THE SHROUD OF TURIN AND BROTHER MARK POINTED OUT  SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING EWTN IS SPONSORING AT   THE BIBLE MUSEUM DOWN IN WASHINGTON DC A THING  ON THE SHROUD AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME PHONE   CALLS HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE SEEING COMING SOON A  SHOW ON EWTN OUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOWS AT 6 30   ABOUT THE SHROUD BUT UNTIL THEN WATCH  MY TALK ON THE EXPLAINING THE FAITH   SEVERAL MONTHS BACK THAT HAD THE SHROUD BUT  ANYWAY THAT'S CONSIDERED A RELIC ALL RIGHT   JESUS TOUCHED IT NOW PIECES OF THE CROSS AND  INSTRUMENTS OF THE PASSION ARE CLAIMED BY MANY   PLACES FOR INSTANCE THE HOLY THORNS AND THE CROWN  OF THORNS SOME ARE IN LONDON ENGLAND AND SOME ARE   IN NOTRE DAME PARIS REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRE HIT  WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO THAT PRIEST RACED IN TO SAVE   THE PORTION OF THE CROWN OF THORNS THAT'S A  RELIC THAT'S A PRECIOUS THE MOST PRECIOUS OF ALL   NOW I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW SOME OF THESE EXISTED  LET'S HAVE BROTHER MARK SHOW THE NEXT ONE   YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS THAT'S THE HOLY LANCE THE  SPEAR NOW IT'S BEEN REFINED THEY SAID BUT THIS IS   IN VIENNA AUSTRIA IF YOU'RE NEAR VIENNA AUSTRIA  YOU CAN GO AND SEE THE HOLY LAND SUPPOSEDLY   AND THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE CLAIMING IT IS WHY I  BELIEVE IT'S TRUE THE SPEAR THAT PIERCED CHRIST'S   SIDE THE SPEAR OF LONGINUS LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT  ONE YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS THIS IS FASCINATING   THIS IS THE SEAMLESS ROBE OF JESUS HIS TUNIC THAT  HE WORE WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED BY PILATE YOU KNOW   IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY SAVE THESE THINGS BECAUSE  IF JESUS ALREADY HAD AFFECTED THE WORLD SO MUCH   DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO THROW THESE  THINGS AWAY THE DAY CRUCE WAS CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED   MANY ALREADY BELIEVED HE WAS GOD THESE  THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IT MAKES SENSE   AND THAT WAS THE TUNIC THIS IS IN TRIER CATHEDRAL  THE OLDEST CHURCH IN GERMANY I SAID BEFORE I WANT   TO GET TO GERMANY BECAUSE SOME OF THESE RELICS  ARE AMAZING I'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE BEFORE   LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE  THOSE ARE THE SANDALS OF JESUS IN PRUNE GERMANY   ALSO THE TRIO DIOCESE SAME LOCATION SUPPOSEDLY  THESE ARE THE SANDALS OF JESUS WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GIFT THAT WE HAVE AND AGAIN THERE'S NO  REASON NOT TO BELIEVE THIS TRADITION HAS   TOLD US AND PAUL SAYS HOLD FAST  TO TRADITION ORAL AND WRITTEN IN THE OCHIAN CATHEDRAL IN GERMANY THERE ARE  MORE RELICS THE KNAPSACK CARRIED BY JESUS   THE LOIN CLOTH OF JESUS A DRESS OF  MARY OH MY I WANT TO GO SEE THAT   AND THE DECAPITATION CLOTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST  AGAIN WHY WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED   WE SAVED MATT STICKS FROM HOUSE AND MATCHES THAT  WE BUILT WHEN WE WERE A LITTLE KID WHY WOULDN'T   THEY SAVE THESE ELEMENTS OF JESUS CHRIST WHO  MANY KNEW AT THE TIME HE WAS GOD IT MAKES SENSE   ALL RIGHT LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE YOU KNOW  WHAT THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT LOOKING   ELEMENT THIS IS THE GIRDLE OF MARY KEPT IN THE  BASILICA OF OUR LADY IN MONSTRIC NETHERLANDS WOW POWERFUL SO IF YOU'RE EVER  UP IN THE NETHERLANDS GO SEE THAT   GO SEE THAT ELEMENT NOW YOU'LL NEVER FIND A  FIRST CLASS RELIC OF MARY WHY WHY WILL YOU   NEVER FIND HER BONE BECAUSE SHE WAS ASSUMED BODY  AND SOUL INTO HEAVEN AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE   THE NEXT ONE THIS IS AT THE  SHRINE OF THE THREE KINGS   IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL THERE AND AGAIN IN GERMANY  THAT CONTAINS THE BONES OF THE THREE MAGI   WOW POWERFUL STUFF ALL RIGHT SO WE'RE GONNA SAY  THIS END THIS PART OF THE RELICS BY SAYING WHERE   YOU CAN FIND SOME INCREDIBLE RELICS ALL RIGHT  SAINT PETER WHERE DO YOU FIND SAINT PETER'S RELICS   AT SAINT PETER'S BASILICA IN THE VATICAN THAT'S  AN EASY ONE ALL RIGHT WHAT ABOUT SAINT MARK WHERE   IS HIS RELICS HIS RELICS ARE HEAD HELD AT SAINT  MARK'S BASILICA IN VENICE IF YOU'RE IN VENICE GO   SEE THE RELICS OF ST MARK WHAT ABOUT ST JAMES  ST JAMES RELICS ARE HELD AT THE CATHEDRAL I   WAS THERE OF SANTIAGO DE CASTA COMPOSTELO IN  SPAIN CALLED THE WAY YOU KNOW WALKING THE WAY WHAT ABOUT SAINT ANDREW HIS RELICS ARE CONTAINED  IN THE BASILICA OF SAINT ANDREW IN PATRAS GREECE   BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE ALL THE APOSTLES WENT AROUND  THE WORLD THE KNOWN WORLD TO PREACH THE WORD IT   MAKES SENSE THAT THE RELICS ARE THERE AND NOBODY  DISPUTES THIS SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME IT'S REAL   WHAT ABOUT SAINT MATTHEW SAINT MATTHEWS  RELICS ARE IN THE CATHEDRAL OF SALINO IN ITALY AND SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST HIS TOMB  IS SAID TO BE IN THE BASILICA OF SAINT   JOHN GUESS WHERE IN EPHESUS TURKEY  WHERE HE LIVED WITH THE BLESSED MOTHER   AGAIN IT MAKES SENSE SO GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU  YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FINISH THOUGH   WITH SUPERNATURAL VIEWPOINTS HERE  NOW SOME THINGS AND SOME EVENTS   LIKE AN INCORRUPTIBLE MAY HAVE A  NATURAL EXPLANATION AS WE SAID BEFORE OR   THEY MAY HAVE SUPERNATURAL THE ONES THAT DO NOT  HAVE A NATURAL ELEMENT AND CAN ONLY BE EXPLAINED   BY OUTSIDE SPIRITUAL FORCES ARE WHAT  WE CALL SUPERNATURAL OR MIRACULOUS   OF THESE THERE ARE TWO KINDS FROM GOD  AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT FROM THE DEVIL THERE IS THE DIVINE AND THE DEMONIC THESE SUPERNATURAL EVENTS OR INTERVENTIONS  CAN BE DIABOLICAL THOSE ARE OF THE DEVIL   OR WHEN THEY'RE FROM GOD THEY  COULD BE ANGELIC THROUGH THE ANGELS   SAINTLY MEANING THROUGH THE SAINTS  OR DONE DIRECTLY BY GOD HIMSELF HMM OTHER EVENTS MIGHT BE COMBINATION  OF BOTH NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL   BUT SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCES IN THE LIVES OF THE  SAINTS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR YOU TO BELIEVE THEM   IT'S KIND OF LIKE PRIVATE REVELATION EVEN THOUGH  WE REALLY SUGGEST YOU FOLLOW WHAT HAPPENED AT   FATIMA YOU'RE NOT TECHNICALLY REQUIRED AS A  CATHOLIC TO BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED AT FATIMA YOU   DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE TO BELIEVE IT WE STRONGLY  SUGGEST YOU DO BECAUSE IT'S APPROVED BY THE CHURCH   WHICH MEANS YOU'RE FREE TO BELIEVE IT IT'S THE  SAME WITH THESE INCORRUPTABLES YOU DON'T HAVE   TO BELIEVE IT'S TRUE IF YOU SAY FATHER I BELIEVE  EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH I BELIEVE THE   MASS I BELIEVE IN THE MIRACLE THE EUCHARIST BUT I  JUST CAN'T COME TO BELIEVE IN THESE INCORRUPTABLES   I THINK SCIENCE CAN EXPLAIN THAT'S OKAY BUT IF  YOU DO BELIEVE IT IT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE   MORE OF A NATURAL SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT  TO OUR FAITH YOU CAN BE A GOOD CATHOLIC   AND NOT BELIEVE THIS I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IT BUT  BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IF WE CONSECRATE OR CONCENTRATE   TOO MUCH ON THIS IT CAN REALLY DISTRACT US FROM  THE DEEP CORE OF OUR FAITH THE MASS THE SACRAMENTS   YOU KNOW THE DEVIL CAN TURN YOU  AWAY FROM TRUE WORSHIP AND GET YOU   OBSESSED OBSESSED WITH THIS STUFF TOO YOU  HAVE TO BE CAREFUL LIKE YOU CAN BECOME   SO OBSESSED ABOUT STIGMATAS OR WHETHER OR  NOT THE POPE CONSECRATED RUSSIA FOR INSTANCE   JUST DO YOUR FIRST SATURDAYS WHICH WE'LL DO NEXT  SATURDAY PEOPLE CAN GET SO WRAPPED UP IN THAT THE EVIL ONE CAN KEEP YOU AWAY FROM GROWING  IN THE DEPTH OF YOUR FAITH IN TERMS OF   THE MASS AND THE SACRAMENTS I KNOW SOME PEOPLE  THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY NEVER MISS A CHANCE TO   CRITICIZE ABOUT THE HOLY FATHER NOT CONSECRATING  RUSSIA BUT THEN THEY WON'T BOTHER GOING TO MASS IT'S BACKWARDS ALL RIGHT FINAL  PARAGRAPH GOD BLESS YOU STICKING WITH US   THERE ARE HOWEVER EVEN THOUGH YEAH YOU  DON'T REQUIRE TO BELIEVE IT THERE ARE   USEFUL THINGS ABOUT THESE STORIES TO BE  CATHOLIC WHY BECAUSE MIRACLES REMIND US   THAT OUR RELIGION IS FOUNDED ON A MIRACLE WHY  DO WE WANT TO REJECT MIRACLES OUR WHOLE FAITH IS   BASED ON A MIRACLE THAT'S WHY WHEN THESE CRAZIES  SAY JESUS DIDN'T REALLY PERFORM MIRACLES OR LIKE   THE FEEDING OF THE LOAVES AND FISH IT WAS  JUST A MIRACLE WAS PEOPLE SHARED HOGWASH   OUR FAITH IS BASED ON MIRACLES JESUS PERFORMING  MIRACLES THE MIRACLES OF THE LOAVES AND THE FISH   THE MIRACLE THE RESURRECTION SO WHY NOT  BELIEVE IN THE MIRACLE OF THE INCORRUPTABLES   TALES OF THIS THESE KIND OF THINGS  REMIND US THAT OUR FAITH IS SUPERNATURAL   NOT JUST NATURAL AND HOW THAT SUPERNATURAL THE  SPIRITUAL WORLD INTERACTS WITH THE PHYSICAL HOW   WE ARE IN A SPIRITUAL REALM WOULD DETERMINE  OUR PHYSICAL BODIES EVEN IT'S THAT CONNECTED THIS QUESTION IS VITAL BECAUSE IT LEADS US   INTO A CONVERSATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF  GOD'S PLAN FOR SALVATION FOR US AMAZING AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST  EXAMPLE OF A MIRACLE WHERE   IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A MIRACLE  SCENE IN THE CHURCH THE SACRAMENTS THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE GOD'S MIRACLE  BECOMING HIS BODY AND BLOOD FORGIVING   YOUR SINS IN THE CONFESSIONAL THAT'S WHERE  THE SPIRITUAL INTERACTS WITH THE PHYSICAL I'M RECEIVING THE PHYSICAL  BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST   IN THE MASS BECAUSE THE SPIRITUAL  GRACE GIVEN THROUGH THE CHURCH FOCUSING MORE ON SACRAMENTS IS NOT BECAUSE  WE DON'T WANT TO REJECT THESE OTHER MIRACLES   OF THE INCORRUPTIBLES FOR INSTANCE AND BE LESS  SUPERNATURAL ACTUALLY IT BECOMES MORE SUPERNATURAL SO KEEP THAT IN MIND THE SAINTS WERE NOT  NECESSARILY OBSESSED WITH SUPERNATURAL EVENTS   YOU KNOW LUCY EVEN EVEN WAS NOT REALLY BLOWN  AWAY BY THE MIRACLE OF THE SUN SHE SAYS WHAT'S   MORE IMPORTANT IS TO LEAD A HOLY LIFE THAN  TO SEE THE SUN SPIN IF YOU WERE A WITNESS TO   SEEING THE SUN SPIN IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU  FOLLOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SHE SAID INTERESTING THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN WE DO WE'RE ON FIRE  WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH OUR   LIVES INTER INTERACTING WITH THE SPIRITUAL AND  OUR PHYSICAL THAT'S WHAT THE SACRAMENTS ARE   WHEN MIRACLES ARE AUTHENTICATED IT'S AWESOME THEY  COMPLEMENT THE CHURCH THE GREATER SACRAMENTAL LIFE THIS IS THIS IS WHAT OUR FAITH'S ABOUT YOU  KNOW CHRISTIANITY THOUGH OUR CATHOLIC FAITH IS   FIRST AND FOREMOST CENTERED ON THE MIRACLE OF THE  INCARNATION AND ON THE MIRACLE OF THE RESURRECTION   SHALL KEEP THE PERSPECTIVE PROPER WE DON'T DOUBT  THE REALITY OF THOSE MIRACLES OR DISMISS THEM BUT WE DON'T WANT TO THEN THEREFORE DISMISS ANY  OTHER THING BECAUSE GOD CAN WORK MORE MIRACLES   THAN THE INCARNATION OF THE RESURRECTION WE  DON'T DOUBT THE REALITY OF THE INCORRUPTABLES   BUT DON'T PUT THEM ON THE  LEVEL WITH THE INCARNATION   OR THE RESURRECTION THAT'S THE ONLY POINT THE  CHURCH IS MAKING IN OTHER WORDS THERE'S SOMETHING   FAR GREATER THAN EVEN AN INCORRUPTIBLE AND LET'S  LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE IT'S RIGHT HERE THE MASS

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Length: 71min 30sec (4290 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 29 2022