Thank you for this really interesting piece. I didn’t know that the standard for divine preservation was only partial preservation (though that in itself is miraculous). St. Bernadette, pray for us. 🙏
I am a faithful Catholic, but I find the obsessive interest in incorrupt bodies of saints and the desire to harvest pieces of them to be ghoulish, irreverent, and utterly without justification. Let the dead bodies of Christ's chosen ones rest in peace, even as their souls remain fully alive in His presence. Their bodies will be glorified at the resurrection. Whenever that may be is up to God, and should be soon enough for the rest of us, God willing, to see them and our Creator face to face.
Thank you for this really interesting piece. I didn’t know that the standard for divine preservation was only partial preservation (though that in itself is miraculous). St. Bernadette, pray for us. 🙏
I am a faithful Catholic, but I find the obsessive interest in incorrupt bodies of saints and the desire to harvest pieces of them to be ghoulish, irreverent, and utterly without justification. Let the dead bodies of Christ's chosen ones rest in peace, even as their souls remain fully alive in His presence. Their bodies will be glorified at the resurrection. Whenever that may be is up to God, and should be soon enough for the rest of us, God willing, to see them and our Creator face to face.