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Patron Saint Medals Medals

A Saint Medal
to devout Catholics, is like a photo of a dear friend or a relative, a memory of someone we love and know each other loves. We finger these medals in the same way as we touch the frame for a portrait as a sign of affection or devotion to the person present. These Photos are appreciated as unique as the people they represent. If people in the bags were PEEK, we would see a varied collection of photographs smiling characters: Camera shy children busy, working mothers, and confidant businessmen to name a few. The holy people of San Users are shown as are the people we known and loved in life varied. Santa Monica is the mother of the patient, St. Joan of Arc, the soldier, St. Thomas Moore, the lawyer, St. Bernadette, the child with vision future. Everyone is so unique, it is contrary to what we admire, or can be identified, try to imitate his virtues. In fact, during two of the seven Catholic Church sacraments, Baptism and Confirmation, the candidate is a holy name, which the model itself. When we are baptized, our parents choose the name for us. When we joined the Church in our confirmation, we can accept other holy name, one whose life and virtues that we want to imitate. It is during one of the two parties, we often receive our first Catholic Saint medal, a gift to remember our name.

Devotional user
San Medals which are an example, have a long history religious, in fact the birth of the Catholic Church. The practice of wearing Saint Medals probably had its origin in Greece and Rome, where he met the leading citizens In honor of their amulets various gods around their necks. This practice appears to have been taken with Catholics early to change it so that the medals would be born martyr Christian honor. Some objects such as coins have been found in the catacombs, which indicates that the practice. Also at the head of a medal with the second century Peter and Paul Grade, first, which was unearthed in Italia in modern times. Using Saint Medals unexplained absence during the Middle Ages, not again until 12th century, as various shrines Catholics user to produce their own lead began to be seen to be given to the visit as a reminder of a pilgrim. These medals were in the hat or worn on the chest and its use continues until 16 or 17 century, when art became more medals in bronze or silver replaced.

The use of the Medal of Saint is a kind of honor that has died. Catholics inherited the custom of honoring the dead of the Jewish tradition of building altars in honor of the Prophet and holy people others. The first allowed Catholics to build churches, named after apostles and martyrs, a practice that came into our time. In contrast to the Jews, Catholics, however, their sacred honor people with portraits and statues as well.

Another early user of the use of Saint
is the cult show, saints and relics of the martyrs believe. Catholics to touch a bone or piece of clothing that was worn by a holy person, wearing the same size as the holy touch. The relic could bring healing or answered prayer. There are signs, even the early Christian relics or carrying small crosses around their necks. Unfortunately, the strong belief in the power of the relics led to the abuse of the collection, and worship. Fake relics were bought and sold and churches tried each other in the amount of relics of the saints, who had to overcome. Letters from the early church that survive today exhorting Christians against this Abandoned practice.

San users today
are perhaps more beautiful and more available than it was. Every Christian, if they wish, can take a souvenir of his characters Favorite Saint to his heart. Often, the name has a double meaning, is the name of a favorite relative, and that of a saint. Sometimes a saint is to encourage and support their medals for his career or interests in life. A carpenter, for example, might opt for the medal of St. Joseph a lawyer take a medal of St. Thomas. It is not a saint every race and people's interests.

A candidate for canonization
is usually the attention of church authorities brought by a group of Catholics, the ordinary person who has lived a life as holy, and hope, they know it is the honor. "Santos" was originally a term universally used to refer to members of the Christian communities of the early church. Over time, only in relation to people believed to be holy, as the monks and representatives of the church was used. Today, calling a person a saint, an average of three things: live or have lived a holy life, has gone to heaven, or to be assessed to heaven through the church and speaks so sacred.

The canonization
Process was defined by Pope John Paul II in 1983 new. The first step is the explanation of the person proposed as venerable. The second, the legitimacy of a miracle is the name of the person "Blessed" and the third, which requires a second miracle is proven, the holiness. The holy person is honored and prayed with the whole Church. We believe that God has shown us that actually are in heaven, and that because of our belief in the communion the saints, we may, for their help in prayer to ask God.

So we took San Users
around the neck or pinned our shirts, just so have to wear a medallion. Each carries a picture of a loved one, remind us of him or her, and that there are people they can aspire. The saints are witnesses of the good in people, which can see the problems they have in a world often confusing. If we take their medals, we bear witness of his holy life and remember that we too can be saints.

"Holiness, His manifestation in the world's religions." Ed Richard Kieckhefer and George D. Bond. University of California Press, 1988.

"Martyrs and miracles, the wonders of the lives of saints and martyrs." Carolyn Trickey-Bapty. Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc. 1996

"Online Catholic Saints and Angels. "The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X. archbishop of 1910. Online Edition, K. Knight, 2003.

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Do you think these products are true relics of Christ?

Image of Edessa, King Abgar of Edessa wrote to Jesus, asking for come to cure a disease. It was first recorded in the fourth century by Eusebius (EH 1.13.5 and 0.22), who said he had transcribed and translated the letter of the Foreign Ministry documents Syrian king of Edessa. Instead, the apostle Thaddaeus is said to come to Edessa, with a fabric containing facial features "of Jesus, under which he was miraculously cured the king. The Archbishop Pelayo sudarium Melendez, "columnist, had" relics of the Holy City of Jerusalem ", including a stained cloth Blood, told wipe a dead Jesus referred to the 20, 7 John Veil of Veronica, the faithful believe that Veronica Jerusalem Jesus met the Via Dolorosa on the way to Calvary. When he stopped to wipe the sweat from her face with her veil, her image was printed on the web.

None of them. They are as true relics that hundreds of thousands of pieces of the crosses that have been sold throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. In any case, I'm not interested in the relics. I prefer having to do with the life of Christ.