One reader, who shall remain anonymous (unless he indicates that anonymity is not required) contacted me to offer me a replacement. I felt a little guilty - after all, I hadn't posted my cri de coeur in an attempt to get a replacement, and I was sure that there were plenty of other, far more deserving, possible recipients of such a relic. However, the thought of getting my paws on a genuine second-class relic did rather appeal.
The rosary arrived, in its original case... identical to the one I had lost. I promptly prayed a rosary for the intentions of the donor... Many, many thanks...
I was presented with an identical set of rosary beads as a wedding gift from the Holy Father, whom my husband and I met as sposi novelli after a general audience. We were then instructed to go into an office in the Apostolic Palace, where a lower-level official (perhaps a monsignor) presented me with the rosaries and my husband with a key ring and said that these had been blessed by the Holy Father.
ReplyDeleteSo, does this mean, if anyone has anything that was blessed by Blessed John Paul, he has a second class relic? This may also mean that the medals I had affixed to my hat at World Youth Day '93 in Denver may also be second class relics, because at the end of the Mass I remember the Pope saying "I hereby bless all your religious articles," or something like that.
Wait, I have one of those too (it's here SOMEWHERE)...does that mean that I also have a second-class relic?
ReplyDeleteI have one of those! Although the bottom bit of the cross snapped off in my pocket, so be careful! Mine's B16-blessed, so not a relic :(
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