Relics

I LOVE all the books that Joan Carroll Cruz wrote... such a wonderful author!!!! I love this book and how she tells the history of all these different saint relics! I recommend this to all! 👍😊

Everyone that I have ever shown this book to has been deeply impacted by it. One guy even returned to the Catholic faith because of it. I haven't seen any other books that show such powerful imagery,with good, short background information. It is not supposed to be an all-inclusive book with all the facts about every subject, but like every truly good book that I have read, it leads to a desire to learn and experience more.

Relics: The Shroud of Turin, the True Cross, the Blood of Januarius...History, Mysticism, and the Catholic Church Excellent Joan Cruz does a marvelous job of presenting information and historical evidence for the recognition of the relics mentioned in this book.

Cruz accomplishes a great deal in her treatment of notable Relics of the Catholic Church.This is an easily dramatized subject, and the greatest contribution Cruz makes is to approach the Relics in a scholarly, matter-of-fact style that conveys the history and impact of the Relics without engaging in argument.Consequently, the book carries substantial value for those motivated in their Faith by material evidence. And yet there is simultaneous value for the more detached reader.Perhaps the clearest indication of the tone and style of the book is in the Introduction's quote from the biography of St. Gertrude the Great: "If you desire to have some relics which will draw My Heart into yours, read My Passion, and meditate attentively on every word contained therein and it will be to you a true relic which will merit more graces for you than any other... thence you may know and be assured that the words which I uttered when on earth are the most precious relics which you can possess."It is clear throughout that Joan Carroll Cruz has taken this message to heart - approaching the Relics she describes with reverence, but with proper perspective.

All Christianity is based upon the times when Christ walked the earth. The early Church became deeply seated in society because of the miracles that occurred as a result of the Christians who were murdered for their faith. Many of these miracles occurred via the use of a Relic. This book stands alone as a masterpiece on the whole concept of maintaining holy relics of our Christian Saints. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of Saints.