Relics are physical objects that have a direct association with the saints or with Our Lord. Scripture teaches that God acts through relics, especially in terms of healing.
The vehicle for the healing was the touching of that object. It is very important to note, however, that the cause of the healing is God; the relics are a means through which He acts. Relics are not magic. They do not contain a power that is their own, a power separate from God. Any good that comes about through a relic is God’s doing. But the fact that God chooses to use the relics of saints to work healing and miracles tells us that He wants to draw our attention to the saints as “models and intercessors” -from "Treasures of the Church"
Did you know we have an astonishing array of relics in our church?
Relics in Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Bl. Anna Maria Taigi
Bl. Dominic Barberi of the Mother of God
Pope St. John XXIII
Pope St. Leo the Great
Pope St. Piux X
Relic from the tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Agatha (Virgin Martyr)
St. Agnes
St. Andrew, Apostle
St. Anne (Mother of Mary)
St. Anthony M. Claret
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Augustine
St. Bernadette Soubirous
St. Catherine Laboure
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Cecilia (Virgin Martyr)
St. Charles of Sezze, O.F.M.
St. Clare
St. Conrad of Parzham
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Francesco of Fatima
St. Francis Cabrini
St. Francis de Salles
St. Francis Xavier
St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother
St. Gerard Majella
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Ignatius of Antioch
St. Jacinta of Fatima
St. John Bosco
St. John de Matha, O.S.S.T.
St. John Macias of Lima
St. John Neumann
St. John Vianney
St. Joseph Cafasso
St. Josephine Bakhita
St. Lawrence (Deacon Martyr)
St. Louis Marie de Montfort
St. Marentius (Martyr)
St. Maria de Mattias
St. Maria Goretti
St. Martin de Porres
St. Michael the Archangel (rock from apparition site)
St. Monica
St. Patrick
St. Peter Julian Eymard
St. Philip Neri
St. Philomena
St. Pio of Pietrelcina
St. Probus (Martyr)
St. Theresa of Avila
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Vincent Ferrer
St. Vincent Pallotti
St. Vincent Strambi
St. William, Abbot