It was a wonderful night of prayer, fellowship, and testimony with the ladies of St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. This ministry was again invited and welcomed to faith-share with the group - this time around about our dear Saints and devotion to relics.
Featured were the lives and relics of St. Bernadette of Lourdes, Bl. Carmen of the Child Jesus, St. Faustina Kowalska, Pope St. John Paul II, Servant of God Maria Domenica Lazzeri, Maria Goretti, Bl. Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, St. Peregrine Laziosi, and St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Table 1 (above): Relics of St. Maria,
St. John Paul II, St. Peregrine, & St. Teresa
Margaret of the Sacred Heart.
Table 2 (below): Relics of Bl. Nicholas,
Bl. Carmen, St. Faustina, SoG Domenica,
& St. Bernadette of Lourdes.
At the end of the talk many of the attendees enthusiastically venerated the relics, while also sharing about which Saints particularly impressed them. Their feedback ranged from forgiving an ex-spouse in order to hopefully trigger a conversion (following the example of Maria Goretti and her killer, Alessandro Serenelli) ... to simply trying to love others more in order to experience God in a deeper manner (following St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart's example).
Above all things, this ministry wanted the women to go home knowing that it is God's will that we all become Saints ... and it is not impossible. It simply starts with love. After all, GOD IS LOVE.
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