Our Lady of Lourdes

     Lourdes is a village in France. In this village, Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.  Mary appeared to Bernadette 18 times. After the 18th apparition, Bernadette joined the Sister of Charity. Bernadette died at the age of 34. She was buried, but then her body was exhumed and her body was not corrupted. Buried once more, ten years later her body was exhumed and again it remained untouched by nature. Bernadette is an example of discipleship in the "flesh".

Gospel of Thomas

     This gospel is claimed by sources to be written by the Apostle Thomas. It writes that Jesus as a young child was revengeful. In this gospel, it claims Jesus killed out of revenge. It claims Jesus was feared, not the description of the Jesus in the other Gospels. In those Gospels, Jesus is loving, caring, and merciful. The Gospel claims to have secret knowledge, a Gnostic theme. The Gospel of Thomas is consisted mostly of Jesus' sayings. The depiction of Jesus in this gospel is heretic. Jesus if vengeful would have taken revenge upon his killers. The gospel goes against the Church's teachings which were handed down by the Apostles themselves.

Relics

      What is a relic? A relic is some object (usually a part of the body or clothes) remaining as a memory of a departed saint. Relics are to be honored by all the faithful. Even in the early Church relics were recognized. The wood of the cross was distributed to all parts of the world.
       Relics have been abused by people. Sin is the cause of this greed. People disguised as monks would sell materials claiming it to be relics. Relics are reminders of the capability of men to achieve holiness through Christ.

Demons

     Demons are considered evil spirits or fallen angels. They tempt men towards sin. Demons fell from grace when they rejected God. Demons are believed to be in hell. The Devil is the chief of all demons. But as men who will be tempted to sin; we should remember that if evil exists, a greater good also exists.

  "In Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels. And in fact in some places in the New Testament where the Vulgate, in agreement with the Greek, has daemonium, our vernacular versions read devil. The precise distinction between the two terms in ecclesiastical usage may be seen in the phrase used in the decree of the Fourth Lateran Council: "Diabolus enim et alii daemones" (The devil and the other demons), i.e. all are demons, and the chief of the demons is called the devil" http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04710a.htm