Relics: What They Are and Why They Matter by Joan Carroll Cruz Book Type_Mass ) Why God chose water

) Why God chose water as the means to impart so many blessings – even before He created man and woman

Because prayer is a source of grace and the mother of all virtues

This book is fitting for Catholics seeking to deepen their devotion to the angels and understand their place in the economy of salvation

writes Kreeft

The meditations are wide-ranging: they are deeply personal

Relics: What They Are and Why They Matter by Joan Carroll Cruz Book Type_Mass ) Why God chose waterScripture speaks of miracles wrought through relics: a dead man was raised when Elishas bones touched him, and the clothing of Jesus and His apostles healed the sick. In the early Church, Masses were celebrated over the bones of the martyrs, and phials of their blood have affected countless miracles. Direct successors of the Apostles themselves speak of venerating relics; Church Fathers encourage it; throughout the ages of Catholic legacy, relics of