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One not to miss, if you live in the UK!
July 6, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Look out, look out, " the greatest saint of modern times " is coming to the UK! The bones of St. Therese of Liseux, a Carmelite nun, known as " the Little Flower of Jesus" , who died in 1897, are to do gigs throughout the UK, INCLUDING Wormwood Scrubs ( where old lags seeking redemption will be able to seek it through them because apparently, when alive she had an affinity with sinners and those "on the edge "), York Minster and various cathedrals.
Her birthplace in France is second only to Lourdes in attracting pilgrims. She of course claims to have had signs from god and a claim has been made to the effect that a 7-year-old Edith Piaf was cured of blindness after visiting her grave.!Sad to relate, however, that them bones them bones don't always have the desired effect. Apparently they were taken to Iraq in 2002 to thwart the oncoming invasion.
So, if you're a sinner or " on the edge " don't miss this opportunity!!
 A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
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RE: One not to miss, if you live in the UK!
September 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Them bones, them bones, them dry bones kicked off the first leg of the " Miracle Tour " with a gig at St.John's Cathedral, Portsmouth this week. Turnout was good, a normal Wednesday congregation of usually 20 swelled to more than 600.
The ill prayed to be healed and relatives of the dying pleaded for a miracle.
Many visitors believed that miracles were in the offing. One woman said that she became pregnant, after being told she could not, when she prayed to the bones. Another planned to pray for her mother who had cancer and was not expected to see xmas.
John Milne rubbed two angel figures against the glass surrounding the casket. " I do believe in the power of objects like this " he said.
Helen Goodwin, a regular at the cathedral, collapsed in tears when the relics arrived. " I had to walk away ", she said " I would like to hear there has been a miracle, a healing. That would make my life complete " ( she's 70 ).
Canon Udris said he believed St. Therese had a sense of this global odyssey before she died in 1897, aged 24.
" She said she would like to travel the earth preaching the gospel. She was already dying from tb so she must have had some kind of sense that her life and mision was going to go on. "
What can you say? Pinch me someone. This is the 21st century and superstition still persists. HOW SAD.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
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RE: One not to miss, if you live in the UK!
September 17, 2009 at 2:57 pm
(September 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm)bozo Wrote: What can you say? Pinch me someone. This is the 21st century and superstition still persists. HOW SAD.
Indeed
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RE: One not to miss, if you live in the UK!
September 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Can I pinch you, Bozo? 
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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RE: One not to miss, if you live in the UK!
September 17, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Quote:What can you say? Pinch me someone. This is the 21st century and superstition still persists. HOW SAD.
There will always be delusion. No matter how advanced the society or the technology or even the knowledge we've gained, delusion will still be there. I see it as nothing more than a pile of wishful thinking.
Quote:Can I pinch you, Bozo?
Um...I'm available.... 
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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RE: One not to miss, if you live in the UK!
September 18, 2009 at 8:23 am
Ewww
I was a bit grossed out with the fucking relics in some stunningly beautiful churches in Italy. The odd small body parts are bad enough.But entire, mouldy cadavers in glass cases are just TFM.
Traditionally there were at least three churches in Italy which claimed to have the head of John The Baptist. That's patently absurd,EVERYONE knows The Knights Templar had it,but they eated it. 
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RE: One not to miss, if you live in the UK!
September 18, 2009 at 1:30 pm
It's just a thigh bone and another bone in a glass case apparently. The rest of her body(/bones) is still in the place she died.
I sorta understood it as they were talking about it on the radio today. Amazing how this 24yr old made such a huge impression. Her mother superior got her to write an autobiography in the end apparently.
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