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The Holy Relics of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina will visit St. Matthew Church, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024! They will be displayed from:1:00pm-10:00pm in the Church for Veneration.
7:00pm Mass in Honor of St. Padre Pio in the Church
Relics include:
Crusts of St. Pio’s wounds
A white fingerless glove with St. Pio’s blood stains
A lock of St. Pio’s hair
A handkerchief soaked with St. Pio’s sweat
A piece of St. Pio’s habit
There will be an opportunity to purchase religious articles such as rosaries, crucifixes and keychains in the vestibule of St. Matthew Church, and then touch that item to the Relic of St. Pio. When an object is touched to a first, second, or third class relic, it becomes a third class relic.
"Relics and their veneration can be instruments of God’s power. We see this in Scripture. The Israelites took the bones of Joseph when they departed Egypt (Exodus 13:19). Elisha’s bones came in contact with a dead person who then was resurrected to life (2 Kings 13:21). Elisha also took the mantle of Elijah and fashioned a miracle with it (2 Kings 2:13). The Christians of Ephesus, by using handkerchiefs and cloths touched to St. Paul’s skin, effected the healing of the sick (Acts 19:12). And Christian history is chock-full of occasions of miracles involving contact with and veneration of relics."
"It follows, then, that the bodies of the saints, who in their lives honored God to an extraordinary degree, are worthy of our special respect. Beyond mere respect, their bodies are capable of incredible intercessory power and have, over time, being the focus of the miraculous. The Lord performs miracles through tangible objects. “And they besought him that they might touch, if it were, but the border of His garment; and as many as touched him were made whole” (Mark 6:56). We know the rest of the story. The woman touches the garment and is healed by both her faith and the power of the physical item that touched Christ. Recall also the mud that Jesus used to heal the blind man (John 9)." (National Catholic Register)
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216 Scribner Ave, Norwalk, CT, United States, Connecticut 06854
