Thank you for sharing, Scoot. As a Protestant the veneration of saints and their relics is one of the things I find somewhat alien, as I try to read and understand more about the Catholic tradition, and your description helps me understand maybe a tiny bit better. I have no doubt that it was a profound spiritual experience, something to cherish, praise be to God.
Thank you so much for reading. I'd be happy to talk more about this if ever you have questions about what Catholics believe, feel free to DM any time! But that aside, I'm glad this gave you a glimpse into what veneration of Saints is about!
Thank you! I have lots of questions but I decided to first of all read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church and see what that says about things before bugging Catholic friends or the local priest! But maybe I’ll take you up on that offer at some point!
Thanks for this - I'm glad your experience was so fruitful. I visited St Bernadette a couple of years ago - a small reliquary in a corner of the church. I sat with her for a while and prayed my rosary. These experiences are in some way indefinable, I think. I have a strong devotion to OL of Lourdes and never gave much thought to Bernadette, but she has crept up on me in the years since and now I am reading her writings, which are blowing my mind. Sometimes saints are like that - they creep in a corner and won't leave you alone. And you know how much I love St Therese - she's amazing
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful experience! I'm 100% biased since she's my patron saint, but it makes me so happy to hear that your meeting her brought you so much consolation.
Holy Black Friday doorbuster! This sounds like a great experience overall. I've also experienced the gift of tears when deeply moved by a saint/God and I think it's a double whammy of catharsis/humility, you know?
The thing about knowing that Therese asked you to pray a particular prayer makes sense to me in that we have a soul, a spirit that is able to communicate with the invisible reality around and doesn't require words to talk. Whether this is accurate or not, I'm willing to take correction but in the meantime that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Thank you for sharing, Scoot. As a Protestant the veneration of saints and their relics is one of the things I find somewhat alien, as I try to read and understand more about the Catholic tradition, and your description helps me understand maybe a tiny bit better. I have no doubt that it was a profound spiritual experience, something to cherish, praise be to God.
Thank you so much for reading. I'd be happy to talk more about this if ever you have questions about what Catholics believe, feel free to DM any time! But that aside, I'm glad this gave you a glimpse into what veneration of Saints is about!
Thank you! I have lots of questions but I decided to first of all read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church and see what that says about things before bugging Catholic friends or the local priest! But maybe I’ll take you up on that offer at some point!
I'll be praying for you 🙏
Thanks for this - I'm glad your experience was so fruitful. I visited St Bernadette a couple of years ago - a small reliquary in a corner of the church. I sat with her for a while and prayed my rosary. These experiences are in some way indefinable, I think. I have a strong devotion to OL of Lourdes and never gave much thought to Bernadette, but she has crept up on me in the years since and now I am reading her writings, which are blowing my mind. Sometimes saints are like that - they creep in a corner and won't leave you alone. And you know how much I love St Therese - she's amazing
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful experience! I'm 100% biased since she's my patron saint, but it makes me so happy to hear that your meeting her brought you so much consolation.
This is wonderful, Scoot, thank you for sharing this. The Saints really do help in their way, not ours, huh?
Holy Black Friday doorbuster! This sounds like a great experience overall. I've also experienced the gift of tears when deeply moved by a saint/God and I think it's a double whammy of catharsis/humility, you know?
The thing about knowing that Therese asked you to pray a particular prayer makes sense to me in that we have a soul, a spirit that is able to communicate with the invisible reality around and doesn't require words to talk. Whether this is accurate or not, I'm willing to take correction but in the meantime that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Thank you for the prayers!
Thank you for sharing with us all this beautiful and thrilling bit of the journey.