Thursday, July 29, 2010

Some translation of Latin Relic Terms - EXPOSITION OF RELICS

TRANSLATION OF LATIN TERMS in RELICS

(this would be an ongoing list of translation for latin terms found in certificates of authenticity of relics under our ministry / custody)

Before we post to you the update on the OPENING OF THE PUBLIC EXPOSITION OF RELICS @ the NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE SACRED HEART in MAKATI,

I would like to post a translation of some of the different latin terms found in the thecas or labels of the relics of our beloved saints and blessed.

FIRST CLASS RELICS

Ex Lignum Crucis D.N.J.C. / S.S. Crucis D.N.J.C.

- from the Wood of the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ /
Most Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ




FIRST CLASS RELICS FROM SAINTS

ex ossibus - from the bone

ex carne - from the flesh ex corpore - from the body
ex cineribus - from the ashes
ex capillis - from the hairex cute - from the skin ex tela imbuta sanguinis - from the cloth imbued with the blood
ex tela imbuta sanguine et humoris - from the cloth imbued with the blood and fluids ex panno a stigmatibus cruentato - from the bandage that covered the stigmatic wound

ex indumentis - from the clothing. Sometimes refers to pieces of cloth that have touched a 1st or 2nd class relic. ex arca sepulerali - from the wood of the coffin
ex capsa sepuchrali - from the tomb

Just as Catholics do not worship saints but rather venerate them as role models and ask them to offer prayers to God, relics are not worshiped or believed to hold any special powers.

They serve as reminders of the lives of the saints and their sacrifices for Christianity.

Objects believed to have been used during a saint’s lifetime or that touched their material remains also qualify as relics, but bones and flesh are considered the most sacred.






THE OPENING OF THE EXPOSITION OF RELICS OF HOLY PRIESTS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES @ THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE SACRED HEART IN MAKATI

THE OPENING OF THE EXPOSITION OF RELICS

Journal Date: 25 July 2010
Venue: St. Mary Margaret Alacoque Hall -
National Shrine of the Sacred Heart Makati City, Philippines

For posterity, the three of us collaborators had a photo together with the image of the Universal Patron of Priests, St. John Marie Vianney before everything started: from the right - Sir John Paolo Casal of UST and promoter of Bl. Alfonso Maria Fusco in black, Me in black - Leandro-Jose Tesorero and Bro. Marc Elton Frias, OP of the Company of St. Dominic in white. :) Not in the photo is our other important collaborator - Mr. Joseph Vincent Atanacio.


We started the exposition with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist for Fil-Mission Sunday last July 25, 2010 at 10:30 am. The presider of the Eucharist was Fr. Jerry Quejada, a priest of the Prelature of the Holy Cross /Opus Dei (who brought the relic "ex ossibus" of St. Josemaria Escriva) and Fr. Vic Apacible, the rector of the National Shrine.


After Mass, everyone immediately proceeded to the hall, where Fr. Vic Apacible opened the public exposition with a simple prayer and by incensing all the holy relics of priest saints and blessed.


The whole St. Margaret Alacoque hall of the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart was divided into somewhat three segments:


two parts where exquisite modern panels conceptualized and designed by cotourier Mr. Oscar Peralta himself containing most of the reliquary frames

(Above photo: from the right - Sir John Paolo Casal, famous designer - Mr. Oscar Peralta, Sir Noel David, me and Bro. Marc Elton Frias, OP - Company of St. Dominic)


and at the center of these two panels was an image of the Holy Cure' - St. John Marie Vianney made of santol...


(Above photo: our other most important collaborator - Mr. Joseph Vincent Atanacio and me)


... together with a pedestal with the relic of the True Cross of Our Lord from Mr. Leandro Bantug


and two glass cases where reliquaries of the following where enshrined: St. Dominic de Guzman, Capuchin Priest Saints and Blessed, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Josemaria Escriva, St. John Neumann, CSSR and 76 Canonized Popes.

The exposition was both catechetical and pastoral / liturgical in nature: beside each reliquary frame of the saint / blessed was his profile or biography and inside the frame reliquary was his picture and his relic for veneration.


A close up of the biggest reliquary frame with the relic "ex indumentis/habitu" - from the clothing/habit of Blessed Andrea Giacinto Longhin, OFM Cap, - Bishop of Treviso under the custody of Bro. Marc Elton Frias, OP of the Company of St. Dominic. Together with the said reliquary frame is a profile / biography in English of the blessed.

Below are some photos of the hall taken after the opening of the exhibit.






Other photos of the exhibit and our different experiences to follow...


ALL FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD

in HIS SAINTS

and

FOR THE GREATER GOOD

OF OUR SOULS.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

PREPARATION

PICTURES DURING THE PREPARATION FOR THE EXPOSITION OF RELICS @ the NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE SACRED HEART in MAKATI (from July 25 - August 8, 2010)
JOURNAL DATE: July 23 - 24, 2010

During the preparation of the exposition at the St. Mary Margaret Alacoque Hall at the Nat'l Shrine of the Sacred Heart last Friday and Saturday...




In the photo below, the ever faithful and saintly Ate Rosy (near the chair), most reliable Ate Lolit, Sir Noel, Bro. Marc and me trying to put on the frames already...




Fixing the lights for the hall of exposition. One for the image of St. John Marie Vianney and for the 2 panels designed by Mr. Oscar Peralta.






Work in progress on the reliquary frames for the exposti under the craftful hands of Bro. Marc Elton Frias, OP of the Company of St. Dominic . Together with him is Sir Noel of the Sacred Heart and another great collaborator, Mr. Joseph Vincent Atanacio.






The master at work, Bro. Marc Elton Frias preparing the frames for the exposition, with him is the image of Bl. Alfonso Maria Fusco - founder of the Baptistine sisters; with the refurbished reliquary frames of St. Thomas Aquinas, OP and St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo.



Below, Me and Bro. Marc Elton and Sir Noel Besa of the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart