catholic church saint statue

I would also like to find a photo of it. Apparently my husband's ancestor was responsible for this and we just recently found out. I know it was carved in Germany and brought to Canada. I do not know who did the carving and why.

I suggest you contact the parish directly.

With love in Christ.

2008-06-08 20:03:03 by KAthy S

Before the general audience the Pope blessed a statue of Saint Raffaella Maria Porras y Ayllón, a Spanish nun, founder of the Handmaids of the ...

was this ,perhaps, the vaticans way of mass forgiving,they do have the power to forgive the worlds sins you know.

I just thought that the priest put that there for you to take.

2006-06-19 18:06:03 by auentes2513

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i feel that the catholic church is a rediculously humiliating religious group to god and people. thecombine and seperated certain comandments so that there are still ten. don't think its still wrong though. in the bible it states that we are not to worship or pray anyone or anything but god. yet in the catholic church the have statues of saints and jesus and mary. and they pray to all those statues on their knees. then in the prayers i hear, "mary queen of apostles, saint vincent pallotti, pray for us". thats not praying to god. and the who confession thing is retarded. i refuse to ask gods forgiveness through a man. to do so would be the same as if i committed a crime against some one and asked a friend that we both knew to apologize to that person for me. the church has started its wars, it has had scams and deciet and there have been several popes that had sexual affairs with womeen( good news though the took that more seriously so now they go after boys).what do you think?

You can define them as a cult:

Christian cults are "those religious groups who used (possibly exclusively) non-standard translations of the Bible, put additional revelation on a similar or higher level than the Bible, or had beliefs and/or practices deviant from those of traditional Christianity." (Wikipedia)

2006-06-28 10:28:54 by jskinnydjh

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a nun gave me a bible when I was in high school,I'm a catholic too but everytime i'm reading the bible,there is a part that said "lord don't want us to honor everything that is made by man like statues but why is it that catholic churches are full of it?

Do you have pictures of your loved ones?

Statues and pictures of people we love are not idols.

Statues and paintings of Jesus and the saints are just like pictures of the people we love and respect.

The King James Version of the Bible states in Exodus 20:4: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth"

Why were the Jews commanded not to make graven images? Graven images were the standard method of pagan worship. They were representations of false gods.

This is a very clear command.

However God commanded the Jews in Exodus 25:18 and 1 Chronicles 28:18–19, "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them"

And in 1 Kings chapter 7 Solomon made bulls and other images out of precious metals.

It seems obvious that the Jews did not worship the cherubims and Solomon did not worship the bulls he had made. These images did not violate the command of God. Therefore, an image not made for worship is acceptable.

In Numbers 21:8-9, "And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover." Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered."

And in John 3:14-15, Jesus says in correlation, "And just as Moses lifted up the [image of a] serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

How can a statue of our Lord Jesus Christ dead on the cross be considered an idol to a false god? A crucifix is the message of the Gospel without words held up for all to see, a visual reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus, no different from a painting, a play, or a movie.

Catholics do not worship statues but the almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

With love in Christ.

2006-10-20 05:29:12 by rona_glr

I go to a Catholic church, and they cover all statues of Jesus, the crucifix, and the statues of saints in red cloth. I've heard that it is to remind us that Jesus didn't have to die, but I'd rather have a more detailed explanation. And that also doesn't explain why we cover up the saints. Should I cover up my crucifixes at home?

This tradition is most common from the close of Holy Thursday through the Easter vigil and occurs with the removal of the Holy Eucharist from the Tabernacle. It is a visual reminder that we are separated from Jesus and adds to our joy on Easter when we are back in the Presence the Resurrected Christ. Peace.

2009-04-06 14:53:37 by That Other Guy...