Catholic Housecleaning
Renewed Catholic bone-worship is taking place this month in Dayton, Ohio, as the 'Sisters of the Precious Blood' have been cleaning and repairing more than 200 reliquaries at the Shrine of the Holy Relics. This was reported in the November 8 issue of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati newspaper, 'The Catholic Telegraph,' in an article titled, "More Than 200 Relics Re-Sealed at Shrine."
A "Reliquary" is a special box that contains the bones of saints. A reliquary can be small enough to contain the bone of a little finger, or big enough to house the entire body of a dead person.
This shrine has the second largest collection of "relics" in the USA, and the 'Sisters' wanted to clean up this collection of bones "to make the relics more available" for Catholics who wish to engage in this idolatry. I can see why the 'Sisters' would want to do this - worshipping bones that sit in old, dusty, and worn-out boxes could put a damper on anyone's idolatry!
But the 'Sisters' had a problem before they could start: Any authentic church relic in a reliquary has a wax seal on it that cannot be broken. (God forbid!) The 'Sisters' had to apply in writing to Rome for permission to break the existing seals in order to get into the boxes and tidy things up! They had to go through the ridiculous motion of writing to the "Vatican Sacred Congregation for the Cause of the Saints," and get permission from the prefect, Jose Cardinal Saraiva Martins, to break the seals and allow the local archbishop permission to re-seal the reliquaries when the maintenance is done!
After all the cleaning and re-sealing is completed, this Roman bureaucratic madness will still have one more step - "A final report of the proceedings will be filed with the Sisters, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati chancery, and the Vatican Congregation."
No wonder the perverts are running rampant in the Roman priesthood! Rome is more concerned about preparing reports in triplicate regarding the cleaning of bone boxes!
I pray many Catholics see the nonsense of Romanism. May they repent of the sin of Catholicism and receive Christ by faith ALONE.
A "Reliquary" is a special box that contains the bones of saints. A reliquary can be small enough to contain the bone of a little finger, or big enough to house the entire body of a dead person.
This shrine has the second largest collection of "relics" in the USA, and the 'Sisters' wanted to clean up this collection of bones "to make the relics more available" for Catholics who wish to engage in this idolatry. I can see why the 'Sisters' would want to do this - worshipping bones that sit in old, dusty, and worn-out boxes could put a damper on anyone's idolatry!
But the 'Sisters' had a problem before they could start: Any authentic church relic in a reliquary has a wax seal on it that cannot be broken. (God forbid!) The 'Sisters' had to apply in writing to Rome for permission to break the existing seals in order to get into the boxes and tidy things up! They had to go through the ridiculous motion of writing to the "Vatican Sacred Congregation for the Cause of the Saints," and get permission from the prefect, Jose Cardinal Saraiva Martins, to break the seals and allow the local archbishop permission to re-seal the reliquaries when the maintenance is done!
After all the cleaning and re-sealing is completed, this Roman bureaucratic madness will still have one more step - "A final report of the proceedings will be filed with the Sisters, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati chancery, and the Vatican Congregation."
No wonder the perverts are running rampant in the Roman priesthood! Rome is more concerned about preparing reports in triplicate regarding the cleaning of bone boxes!
I pray many Catholics see the nonsense of Romanism. May they repent of the sin of Catholicism and receive Christ by faith ALONE.
posted by Robt. B. at 7:05 PM
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