Yesterday St. Columbkille Catholic School began Catholic Schools Week with a guest speaker on mismatch day. Mr. Zavaletta from Skutt High School came to tell us about relics.
A relic is something connected with a saint. In the Bible, sometimes people were healed when touched by relics of Jesus (Matt 9:20-22), St. Paul (Acts 19:11-12) and even Elisha (2 Kings 13:20-21). The relics are special for us because they remind us of a saint.
Relics are not magic and, as St. Jerome said, "We do not worship, we do not adore, for fear that we should bow down to the creature rather than to the creator, but we venerate the relics of the martyrs in order the better to adore Him whose martyrs they are."
Mr. Zav brought along some relics he has as well as some Fr. Dan Lenz, OSB was kind enough to lend.
Students each had a chance to venerate a first class relic of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare, St. Francis Xavier or St. Teresa of Avila.
Thank you to Mr. Zav for visiting us!
Mr Zav,
ReplyDeleteThank you for bringing the relics. You said that because all of us touched first class relics, we are now third class relics. But it is not a good idea to call your teacher a relic.
I learned that the hard way.
Thnak you