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* First Class | * First Class | ||
** part of the Saint's body | ** part of the Saint's body | ||
** there is nothing of the Lord | |||
*** but things w/ his blood stains | |||
*** might be called "relics of the passion" | |||
* Second Class | * Second Class | ||
** associated with the life of a Saint, or | ** associated with the life of a Saint, or | ||
*Third Class | |||
** 4-5 pieces of bone here at STM | * | ||
* 4-5 pieces of bone here at STM | |||
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serve as memories, like a family heirloom | serve as memories, like a family heirloom | ||
largest collections of relics are in Jerusalem and Rome, | |||
== Scourging of the Lord == | |||
=== Pillar of scourging === | |||
per Jn: was in the praetorium | |||
the pillar was kept, now in Rome | |||
* 2-1/2-3 ft tall (65 cm) | |||
* marble | |||
** possibly from Egypt, which would have symbolism | |||
** not certain but if true, slavery to sin | |||
* the pillar was to keep prisoners upright, tied to the top | |||
** to inflict maximum punishment | |||
* possible that Caiphus scourged him a second time | |||
** ambiguous, "beaten" | |||
** but there was another pillar thought to exist from Caiaphus | |||
** at Church of Holy Spec... ? | |||
=== Shroud of Turin === | |||
* the cloth | |||
* shows wounds inflicted by two soldiers | |||
=== Scouraging === | |||
* Pilate knew he was not a criminal, that he was innocent | |||
* but wanted to appease the crowd, so ordered the scourging | |||
** so was a political act | |||
** wanted to maintain his authority | |||
** so split the difference | |||
** but it only increased the crowd's bloodlust | |||
* the beating itself was cruel | |||
** could kill people | |||
* evidence shows his flesh was torn head to toe | |||
** the rods were covered with ___ to would catch his skin and flesh | |||
* this is the most gruesome and disfiguring part of the Passion | |||
** loss of blood greatest at scourging | |||
** crucifixion was designed to kill people slowly | |||
** death was by ultimate asphyxiation not blood loss | |||
* Pope Benedict | |||
** the point of the scourging was to make the flesh hang down | |||
* Stations of the Cross | |||
** his weakened state, unable to carry the cross | |||
* the Lord did not resist any of these punishments | |||
** Isa 52 ... "so marred was his look beyond human semblance" | |||
** by those stripes we were healed | |||
** lamb led to the slaughter | |||
** he was silent << didn't resist | |||
** << the prophesy came true | |||
* violence against the innocent not uncommon | |||
* JPII said "Oh my jesus, how cruelly bound you were to the pillar.. | |||
** penalty for our sins | |||
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