Does Devotion to Relics Please God?

THE blood of “San Gennaro,” said to liquefy usually three times a year, is one of many religious relics. So is the Shroud of Turin, in which the body of Jesus Christ was allegedly wrapped. Among relics linked with Jesus are his supposed crib (in a large basilica in Rome), his spelling book, and more than a thousand nails said to have been used at his execution! Religious relics also include a number of heads of John the Baptizer and, in various places in Europe, four bodies said to be “Santa Lucia.”