The List of the Relics (Text Only)

The following is an excerpt from my spiritual journal:

Here I will do my absolute best in recording the different relics that our family made this evening, although with the number of saints there and the fact that little Annie and Leia were touching whatever they wanted, … I’m sure this list isn’t as precise as I’d like it to be. I will list it by the items we made third-class relics today and, if possible, I will write the information on the back of the relic itself:

Noelle

• · Mother’s Day Rosary, silver chain with rose colored beads (touched to all of the relics mentioned here, every single one) **Miracle involved: As I was touching my Rosary to St. Lawrence and reading a bit about him, I looked down at the Rosary bead I was “on,” the one I was holding. It was strange, there was suddenly a burned hole in it. “Weird,” I thought, “Well, I’m sure that doesn’t mean anything. … Well, maybe if this little hole was the exact same shape as the relic bone of St. Lawrence. Maybe. That would never be.” I looked down at the hole again. It was burned black and resembled a figure “8” on its side, or the infinity symbol. “No way that would be the same shape as the relic,” I though. I looked down and, sure enough, the relic was EXACTLY the same shape, … even down to the size, as if it was popped out of my rosary and put on display. I would continually call that bead my “St. Lawrence” bead, … and continue to marvel at his martyrdom on a grille where he boldly proclaimed “turn me over, I’m done on this side.” I feel as if St. Lawrence feels a bit of comeraderie with me, … and my boldness in ministering to many heretics (Protestants) as well as true non-believers such as Josh Rinz and Jamie Wheeler. We both use jokes and laughter to being people closer to Christ.**
• · Large Gold-Framed Picture of the Divine Mercy, torso and Sacred Heart (touched to the piece of Christ’s True Cross and Sr. Faustina who commissioned the picture)
• · Two Large Black-and-White Pictures of the Divine Mercy, face only (touched to the piece of Christ’s True Cross and Sr. Faustina who commissioned the picture)
• · Two Small Color Framed Pictures of the Divine Mercy, torso only (touched to the piece of Christ’s True Cross and Sr. Faustina who commissioned the picture)
• · Five Scapulars, two brown, three white and ornamented (touched to the piece of Christ’s True Cross and the Veil of Mary, the Mother of God)
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• Two Silver Keychains, rose-shaped, containing both the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus (touched to the piece of Christ’s True Cross and the Veil of Mary, the Mother of God)
• · Rose Petal and Picture of St. Therese and Jesus (touched to the 1^st Class relic of St. Therese)
• · Small Golden Plaque of St. Therese (touched to the 1^st Class relic of St. Therese)
• · Two Silver “True Love Waits” Rings (touched to the 1^st class relics of St. Lucy and St. Maria Goretti, virgins and martyrs, St. Bernadette)
• · Silver Rose Rosary with Earth from St. Therese’s Coffin (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Joseph, the piece of the Manger from Bethlehem, and also touched to 1^st class relic of St. Therese)
• · Brian’s Brown Confirmation Rosary (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Joseph, the piece of Manger from Bethlehem)
• · Olive Wood Rosary from the Holy Land (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Joseph, the piece of Manger from Bethlehem)
• · Leia’s Gold Confirmation Cross (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns)
• · Annie’s Silver Confirmation Cross (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns)
• · Leia’s Baptism/First Communion Tiny Gold Cross (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns)
• · Annie’s Baptism/First Communion Tiny Gold Miraculous Medal Pin (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the Veil of Mary)
• · Silver Pendant with Red Rose in Glass (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relic of St. Therese)
• · Leia’s Pink Rosary from St. Paul’s in London (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Joseph)
• · Three Silver St. Anthony Coins (touched to the 1^st class relic of St. Anthony, the Abbot)

Leia

• · Doll of St. Therese (touched to the 1^st class relic of St. Therese of Liseux)
• · Rose Petal & Picture of St. Therese (touched to the 1^st class relic of St. Therese) **Miracle involved: Leia’s miracle involved her rose petal from St. Therese, as an answer to her very first prayer and rose from heaven. The petal had turned yellow from age, inside of the frame that housed both the petal and the picture of the teenage St. Therese. After Leia touched the petal to the first class relic of St. Therese, the petal turned pink again as if it were new.**
• · Pink First Communion Dogwood Rosary from Oma (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Joseph, the piece of the Manger from Bethlehem, and also touched to 1^st class relics of St. Therese, St. Luke, St. Rose of Lima, St. Bernadette, the cap of Pope Pius, and St. Anne)
• · Silver “Good for One Kiss” Coin (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Joseph, the piece of the Manger from Bethlehem, and also touched to 1^st class relics of St. Therese, St. Luke, St. Rose of Lima, St. Maria Goretti, St. Nicholas, St. Anthony, St. Bernadette, and the cap of Pope Pius )

Annie

• · Stamp of Mother Teresa of Calcutta (touched to the 1^st class relic of Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
• · Small Rosary from Niagra on the Lake, silver chain with rose colored beads (touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Jospeh, the piece of the Manger from Bethlehem, and also touched to 1^st class relics of St. Anne, St. Luke, St. Therese, St. Catherine, St. BernadetteSt. Clare, Mother Teresa of Calcutta).
• · St. Anthony Coin (touched to 1^st class relic of St. Anthony the Abbot)

Brian

• · Red Confirmation Cross, 5” (touched to touched to the piece of the lance that pierced Jesus’ side, the piece of Christ’s True Cross, the piece of the thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the 1^st class relics of the 11 apostles, the Veil of Mary, the 1^st Class relic of St. Jospeh, the piece of the Manger from Bethlehem, and also touched to 1^st class relics of St. Thomas Aquinas and Mother Teresa of Calcutta)