Many people are under the influence of the ‘experts’ from Cambridge, Zurich and the US in dating the Holy Shroud of Turin to the year 1260 AD.

This approximate date, reached in concert by the scientific institutions mentioned, was based on a corner sample of the Shroud, which had been contaminated by fires during the centuries.

Hence, many people see in the Shroud a medieval fake.

They are in for a surprise when reading what Ian Wilson has to say about the Shroud dating from the first century AD.

It exhibits Palestinian pollen of plants endemic to Judaea and bears imprints of Roman coins inscribed in Greek letters, alluding to a Kaisaros or Caesar, then governing Roman Palestine.This gives us a totally new perspective on the Shroud’s authenticity and its witness to Jesus’ passion and death and, possibly, to His resurrection.

In studying the Holy Shroud, it may be wise to pray: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name... Forgive us our trespasses as we have forgiven those who have trespassed against us... And deliver us from evil. Amen.’

The Shroud of Turin is not only an icon, and a holiest reference point, but the holiest relic of Jesus Christ’s good news for us all.

In believing that the Shroud is an authentic witness of Christ’s passion and death, one has to pay a price in witnessing to His holy words. True Christianity can be demanding but His yoke is sweet and His burden light.

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