Bernadette

[Selah]

I heard of that...it became a little discolorod after the nuns washed her, I believe. They thought that it would be a little frightening to visitors to see her with wrinkles and sunken eyes, hence the wax. If you look a little harder, you can even see some discoloration, though not very much.


However, wrinkles or not...I still love her very much

[mommas_boy]

[quote name='Selah' post='1617459' date='Aug 4 2008, 09:40 PM']I heard of that...it became a little discolorod after the nuns washed her, I believe. They thought that it would be a little frightening to visitors to see her with wrinkles and sunken eyes, hence the wax. If you look a little harder, you can even see some discoloration, though not very much.
However, wrinkles or not...I still love her very much [/quote]

Agreed; the wrinkles are the result of [b]aging[/b], not [b]decomposition[/b]. She is still an Incorruptible.

Further, her fervor and piety alone are reason enough for veneration of this Saint. Her Incorruptibility is only a testament to these virtues, as well as to the life of the Kingdom to come.

[Selah]

Agreed

[jmj]

St. Bernadette played a key role in my conversion.

[Selah]

That's great, jmj. Isn't it wonderful how much the saints, despite never meeting us in their living life, care deeply about us and our spiritual journey?

[Deus te Amat]

I love the incorruptibles! My personal favorite story is that of St. Catherine of Bologna.

[img]http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc26.jpg[/img]

Five-hundred years old and the only difference in her body is a discoloration of the skin due to the burning of oil lamps way back when. Her face and hands also have wax on them due to chapping from age. But otherwise, her body is the same.

Edited August 5, 2008 by Deus_te_Amat