Relics from the Crucifixion: Where They Went and How They Got There Discontinued or break up the meditations

or break up the meditations for as long a period as you need

ALABASTER COLLECTION

Susan Lordi carved this four-piece set to complement the scale of the classic six-piece Nativity

He is shown kneeling in reverence

Relics from the Crucifixion: Where They Went and How They Got There Discontinued or break up the meditationsBY J. CHARLES WALL The Jews usually burned the crosses used by the Romans after executions, but following Jesus' crucifixion they quickly threw the Cross in a ditch to get it out of sight before the feast of Passover. That preserved the True Cross, and memory of the events preserved its location. Disgusted with continued Christian veneration of the spot, pagan Roman Emperor Hadrian erected on the Cross's burial site a statue to Venus, hoping thereby