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So beautiful. Interesting, I was thinking about the fact it was found in the rubbish. That is kind of like so many lives, they are on the rubbish heap of life. Lost, not loved, forsaken, not knowing that they have a Heavenly Father, who's Son died on the Cross for them that they too, might have eternal life.
Lord have mercy on our pour souls.
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I would expect this among the many refitted Roman Churches in the U.S.
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Some years ago, while on a visit to a retreat house of a major Catholic religious Order (I was in the sacristy after a liturgy) I noticed two consecrated altar stones in a trash can. I asked the Father Superior about this and he told me "Well, I'm just getting rid of them. We don't use them anymore". I asked if I could have them. He looked at me as if I was a bit strange and said, "sure. There're yours!" I rescued them from sacrilege and treasure them to this day. They are both intact with the relics still sealed within. They had been consecrated by +John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia. This kind of stuff probably happens far more than we realize.
We truly need to treasure the sacred.
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Some years ago, while on a visit to a retreat house of a major Catholic religious Order (I was in the sacristy after a liturgy) I noticed two consecrated altar stones in a trash can. I asked the Father Superior about this and he told me "Well, I'm just getting rid of them. We don't use them anymore". I asked if I could have them. He looked at me as if I was a bit strange and said, "sure. There're yours!" I rescued them from sacrilege and treasure them to this day. They are both intact with the relics still sealed within. They had been consecrated by +John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia. This kind of stuff probably happens far more than we realize.
We truly need to treasure the sacred.
Blessings! Silouan, monk My heart sank reading this, but then I rejoiced. See how God cared about the relics. After all, he placed you there at that moment in time to see them. Glory to God! Thank you for being bold enough to ask for them.
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Some years ago, while on a visit to a retreat house of a major Catholic religious Order (I was in the sacristy after a liturgy) I noticed two consecrated altar stones in a trash can. I asked the Father Superior about this and he told me "Well, I'm just getting rid of them. We don't use them anymore". I asked if I could have them. He looked at me as if I was a bit strange and said, "sure. There're yours!" I rescued them from sacrilege and treasure them to this day. They are both intact with the relics still sealed within. They had been consecrated by +John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia. This kind of stuff probably happens far more than we realize.
We truly need to treasure the sacred.
Blessings! Silouan, monk My heart sank reading this, but then I rejoiced. See how God cared about the relics. After all, he placed you there at that moment in time to see them. Glory to God! Thank you for being bold enough to ask for them. Amen !
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