← Relics
Acts 19:11–12
And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of [the apostle] Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
Catholic Perspective
Relics are physical remnants of a saint’s body, or of objects closely associated with Christ, the Blessed Mother, or the saints. The Church venerates these remains as reminders of the saint’s life and God’s work within that saint; it recommends the veneration of relics as a means of receiving graces from God. The New Testament indicates that the first Christians reverenced physical objects touched by Christ and his apostles.
Common Objections
| + | ONLY GOD CAN HEAL OR IMPART GRACE. |
| + | HOW CAN ANYONE KNOW THAT THESE RELICS CAME FROM A SAINT ANYWAY? |
Next VerseMatthew 27:59–60, 28:1And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. . . . Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher [tomb]. |  |
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