It seems that keeping parts of our beloved ancestors whether true ancestors or ancestors in the faith spans cultures and religious traditions. It’s only in our time where people seem so bent on denying death, a basic reality of life, that we think such practices are wacky. I’m glad that human experience down through the ages has recognized that you can’t run from death or deny it out of existence. The veneration of saints including their relics is so important because it is a visible sign of the naturalness of death, and the presence of God’s holiness within an incarnate world.
It seems that keeping parts of our beloved ancestors whether true ancestors or ancestors in the faith spans cultures and religious traditions. It’s only in our time where people seem so bent on denying death, a basic reality of life, that we think such practices are wacky. I’m glad that human experience down through the ages has recognized that you can’t run from death or deny it out of existence. The veneration of saints including their relics is so important because it is a visible sign of the naturalness of death, and the presence of God’s holiness within an incarnate world.
Hilarious AND educational.
Thank you so much for everything! I've unlocked a subscription for you.
Excellent. I'll take it.
I am a Protestant who went to a relic veneration and wrote all about it! https://amymantravadi.substack.com/p/a-protestant-walks-into-a-relic-veneration