October 14, 2003
Mother Teresa’s Blood to be Presented to Pope
ROME -- Drops of blood from the body of Mother Teresa, who will be beatified next Sunday, are to be presented in a reliquary to Pope John Paul II, church sources said Monday. The pontiff will receive the relic during the beatification ceremony. The drops of the nun’s blood fall into the “first class” category of relics that can be venerated in accordance with the norms of the Roman Catholic Church. This group includes a part of the body of a saint or blessed person, while a second category covers objects that belonged to them.Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot. (I Peter 1:2, 18, 19.
Posted by Editor at October 14, 2003 10:07 PM