THE ARMA CHRISTI RELIQUARY APOSTOLATE IS FOR LIFE...

A personal and family made poster inspired by the talk of ARCHBISHOP LUIS ANTONIO TAGLE of Manila during his inspirational speech at the PRAYER RALLY at the EDSA SHRINE in Ortigas :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUNqjIycgGc

The line "Noong isilang ka sa mundong ito..." (When you were born in this world...) - culled from the popular song entitled "ANAK" (Child) - by composer / singer - MR. FREDDIE AGUILAR and the that of the play of words by the inspiring Archbishop of Manila that reiterates the VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE and the MAIN STRENGTH of Filipino culture: FAMILY.

Photo credits: Anne Geddes

PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE RELICS OF OUR LORD AND THE SAINT IN THE ARMA CHRISTI RELIQUARY

THE PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE SAINTS FOUND IN THE ARMA CHRISTI

MESSAGE OF THE AUXILIARY BISHOP OF MANILA FOR THE 2012 ARMA CHRISTI RELICS

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MESSAGE

“Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts” (Ps. 95:8)

This season of Lent is a grace-filled period for the followers of Jesus. A time wherein we look deeply into our Christian Faith and Life. More than any time of the year we devote time to prayer, recollection, celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation (going to confession), and sharing our time, talent and treasure to those who are least and last of our community. 

The voice of the Lord is loudly heard through the devotion and prayer of the Stations of the Cross. It cannot but move the heart of each one of us to the immense love of the Son of God. How much more it can arouse our attention since it is the Arma Christi Reliquary, a special reliquary containing rare relics associated with the Passion of our Lord. And added blessing is the life-sized replica of the Holy Shroud.

We cannot but comment The Arma Christi Relics Tour 2012. We pray that many faithful will be transformed by this tour of Arma Christi Relics into knowing Jesus more clearly, loving Jesus more dearly, and following Jesus more closely.

In Jesus our Lord and Savior,

+MOST REV. BERNARDINO C. CORTEZ, DD
Auxiliary Bishop of Manila

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SOME CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE ARMA CHRISTI TOUR

1) The Tour is intended both by the team and the people to help in the EDIFICATION OF THE FAITHFUL AND THE RESPONSE TO THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS.

2) The Tour is SUPPORTED by the different officials in the Catholic Church contrary to the rumors of some people

3) The Tour is SELF SUPPORTED by the team that brought the relics. It is IMPRUDENT, CALUMNIOUS and ERRONEOUS to say otherwise.

4) The Tour NEVER SOLICITED FROM ANYONE NOR HAS EVER WRITTEN A LETTER OF SOLICITATION for support for the relics although it accepts voluntary offerings.

4) If anyone receives information contrary to those herein, it is a fruit of lie and a work of the devil.

RELICS OF THE ARMA CHRISTI RELIQUARY

 

ARMA CHRISTI IN CATANAUAN QUEZON - ARRIVAL

THE WHOLE ENTOURAGE BEING ESCORTED BY A 20 PERSON BIKER CLUB

 

ARRIVING AT THE FIRST PARISH - SAN IGNACIO DE LOYOLA - QUEZON

OUR ARRIVAL TO CATANAUAN QUEZON ENTRANCE 

ARMA CHRISTI RELIQUARY

Arma Christi ("Weapons of Christ"), or the Instruments of the Passion, are the objects associated with Jesus' Passion in Christian symbolism and art.

They are seen as arms in the sense of heraldry, and also as the weapons Christ used to achieve his conquest over Satan; the prime member, the Cross, had been introduced to Christian art in the 4th century as the Crux Invicta, a symbol of victory.

Relics of the most important items had a long history, dating back to the Empress Helena's discovery of the True Cross in the early 4th century. Relics of the the Holy Lance, Holy Sponge, Holy Chalice and Nails from the Cross were all venerated well before 1000, and were to proliferate in later centuries. 

Since the early Middle Ages and throughout the modern period, these elements are intended as weapons not only in the concrete and literary sense,  as they are instruments of physical torture,   but  are  weapons particularly in the spiritual sense – being instruments through which our salvation was brought into fruition. Because through them, Christ gave His life to redeem man from sin and from them humanity can then likewise seek refuge, consolation and help against the temptations of this world.

As St. Paul points out:  ”In reality, although we are in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh, for the weapons of our battle are not of flesh but are enormously powerful, capable of destroying fortresses. We destroy arguments and every pretension raising itself against the knowledge of God…” (2 Cor 10: 3-5).

REFERENCE MAP / ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE RELICS OF OUR LORD AND THE SAINTS IN THE ARMA CHRISTI RELIQUARY

REFERENCE MAP OF THE RELICS OF OUR LORD AND THE SAINTS

REFERENCE MAP

OF THE RELICS OF OUR LORD AND THE SAINTS IN THE ARMA CHRISTI

 

St. Simon the Zealot

St. James the Less

St. Thomas the Doubter

St Bartholomew

St. Matthew

St. Jude Thaddeus

St Paulinus of Nola

St Liborii Ep

St Bonaventure

St Francis de Sales

St. Luis Ep

St Andrew

St James the Great

St Peter

St. Paul

St John the Beloved

St Philip

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St Anthony the Abbot

St Benedict of Nursia

St John of God

St Emigidius Bishop & Mart.

Ex Fune DNJC (From the Rope)

Es Spine DNJC (From the Thorn)

Ex Clavi DNJC (From the Nail)

Ex Spongia DNJC (From the Sponge)

St Stephen Protomartyr

St Philip Neri

SPLINTER FROM THE  HOLY CROSS  OF OUR LORD JESUS

St John of the Cross

St Charles Borromeo

Ex Vest Purp (From the Purple Cloak)

Columna Flag (Column of Flagellation)

St Lawrence The Deacon

St Diego

St Peter Nolasco

St Blaise Bishop & Mart.

Ex Vest Incons (From the Seamless Robe)

Ex Arundini (From the Reed that struck Our Lord)

St Sebastian The Martyr

St Francis Soler

St Joseph Calasanz

St Ciriacus Bishop and Martyr

Ex Praesepe (From the Cave of the Nativity)

Ex Foeno Pref (From the Hay)

Ex Fasciis (From the Swaddling Clothes)

Ex Cunis (from the Cradle)

St Ignatius of Loyola

St Bernardine of Siena

St Peter Martyr

St Louis IX

St Vitus the Martyr

St Venanti M

St Nicolas of Myra

St Augustine Of Hippo

St Gregory The Great

St Ambrose Of Milan

St Jerome

St Francis Xavier

St Basil the Great

St Pius V

St Thomas Aquinas

St Silvester Pope

St Isidore the Farmer

St Cajetan Thiene

St Leonard of Port Maurice

St Paschal Baylon

St Dominic de Guzman

St Roch of Montpellier

St Aloysius Gonzaga

RELICS OF OUR LORD FROM HIS BIRTH TO HIS PASSION AND DEATH:

1. Ex Arundine (from the Reed that Struck Our Lord)
2. Ex Clavi D. (from the Nail the Pierced Our Lord)
3. Ex Columna Flag (from the Column of Flagellation)
4. Ex Cunis (From the Crib)
5. Ex Fasciis (from the Bandages)
6. Ex Foeno Pref (From the Hay)
7. Ex Fune D (from the Rope that tied Our Lord)
8. Ex Praesepe (from the Manger)
9. Ex Spine D. (from the Crown of Thorns)
10. Ex Spongia D. (from the Sponge used during Crucifixion)
11. Ex Vest. Incons. (from the Seamless Robe)
12. Ex Vest. Purp. (from the Purple Cloak)
13. Relic of the True Cross

Aside from the Arma Christi and the Holy Shroud of Turin there are also relics of 56 + more saints:

RELICS  of the 12 APOSTLES 
14. St. Andrew
15. St. Bartholomew
16. St. James the Great
17. St. James the Less
18. St. John Apostle
19. St. Jude Thaddeus
20. St. Matthew
21. St. Paul
22. St. Peter
23. St. Philip the Apostle
24. St. Simon the Zealot
25. St. Thomas Apostle

RELICS of ABBOTS (4)
26. St. Anthony the Abbot
27. St. Benedict of Nursia, Abbot
28. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot
29. St. Romuald Abbot

RELICS of BISHOPS (Confessors , Martyrs & Doctors of the Church) - (13)
30. St. Ambrose of Milan
31. St. Augustine of Hippo - Bishop and Doctor
32. St. Basil the Great Bishop and Doctor
33. St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr
34. St. Bonaventure OFM
35. St. Charles Borromeo of Milan
36. St. Cyriacus Bishop & Martyr
37. St. Emigidius Bishop & Martyr
38. St. Francis de Sales
39. St. Liborius - Bishop
40. St. Luis of Tolouse - Bishop
41. St. Nicolas of Myra - Bishop
42. St. Paulinus of Nola

RELICS of MARTYRS
43. St. Lawrence Martyr
44. St. Peter Martyr
45. St. Sebastian Martyr
46. St. Stephen Martyr
47. St. Venantius Martyr
48. St. Vitus Martyr

RELICS of PRIESTS (Martyrs, Confessors & Doctors of the Church)
49. St. Bernardine of Siena
50. St. Cajetan Thiene
51. St. Didaci (San Diego)
52. St. Dominic de Guzman
53. St. Francis Soler
54. St. Francis Xavier
55. St. Ignatius Loyola
56. St. Jerome
57. St. John the Cross
58. St. Joseph Calasanz
59. St. Leonard of Port Maurice
60. St. Paschal Baylon
61. St. Peter Nolasco
62. St. Philip Neri
63. St. Thomas Aquinas

RELICS of LAY PERSONS
64. St. Aloysius Gonzaga
65. St. Isidore the Farmer
66. St. John of God
67. St. Louis IX - King of France
68. St. Roch of Montpellier

RELICS of POPES (Martyrs, Confessors & Doctors of the Church)
69. St. Pius V Pope
70. St. Silvester Pope
71. St.Gregory the Great

BIBLICAL REFERENCE TO THE RELICS OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD

BIBLICAL REFERENCE TO THE RELICS OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD

PASSION: 

EX COLUMNA FLAG. (from the Column of Flagellation) – John 19:1

EX SPINA DNJC (from the Crown of Thorns of Our Lord) – Matthew 27:29 / John 19:5

 

EX ARUNDINE DNJC (from the REED that struck Our Lord) – Matthew 27:29-30
EX SPONGIA DNJC (from the SPONGE used during the Crucifixion of Our Lord) – John 19: 28-29EX FUNE DNJC (from the ROPE that tied Our Lord) – John 18:12

EX LIGNUM CRUCIS (a splinter from the wood of the HOLY CROSS of Our Lord): John 19:17-27

EX CLAVI DNJC (from the precious nail of Our Lord) – John 19:18 / John 20:25

EX VESTE PURPURE (from the Purple Cloak of Our Lord) – Matthew 27:27-28 / John 19:5
EX VESTE INCONSTULIS (from the SEAMLESS ROBE of Our Lord)  - John 19: 23-24

HOLY SHROUD OF TURIN – Mark 15:46

BASEHAN SA BIBLIA NG MGA RELIKYA NG PASYON NG PANGINOON

PASSION: 

EX COLUMNA FLAG. (Mula sa Haliging Batong Pinaggapusan) – Juan 19:1 
EX SPINA DNJC (Mula sa Koronang Tinik) – Mateo 27:29 / Juan 19:5
EX ARUNDINE DNJC (Mula sa Tambo na pinanghampas sa Panginoon) – Mateo 27:29-30
EX SPONGIA DNJC (Mula sa Spongha) – John 19: 28-29
EX FUNE DNJC (Mula sa Tali na pinanggapos sa Panginoon) – John 18:12
EX LIGNUM CRUCIS (Piraso ng kahoy mula sa Krus ni Kristo): John 19:17-27
EX CLAVI DNJC (Mula sa Pako ng Panginoon) – John 19:18 / John 20:25
EX VESTE PURPURE (Mula sa Pulang balabal na isinuot sa Panginoon) – Matthew 27:27-28 / John 19:5
EX VESTE INCONSTULIS (Mula sa Damit na Sinuot ng Panginoon)  - John 19: 23-24
HOLY SHROUD OF TURIN – Mark 15:46