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- Stigmata are mystical phenomena where holy men or women (mainly women, including Catherine of Siena) receive some or all of the bodily wounds of Christ’s crucifixion. This tradition is a sign of closeness with God through sharing in Christ’s suffering.
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Oct 12, 2024 · stigmata, in Christian mysticism, bodily marks, scars, or pains corresponding to those of the crucified Jesus Christ —that is, on the hands, on the feet, near the heart, and sometimes on the head (from the crown of thorns) or shoulders and back (from carrying the cross and scourging).
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Apr 3, 2020 · Stigmata are mystical phenomena where holy men or women (mainly women, including Catherine of Siena) receive some or all of the bodily wounds of Christ’s crucifixion. This tradition is a sign of closeness with God through sharing in Christ’s suffering.
Sep 17, 2024 · The stigmata, or the five wounds of Christ, are a blessing in disguise because it usually brings great physical and spiritual suffering to the person who bears it. The term comes from St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians: “I bear the marks of Jesus on my body” (6:17).
Sep 20, 2024 · Peter Damian said that stigmata emphasised a participation in, and imitation of, Christ’s life, through repentance, self-mortification, asceticism, and prayer. Although Francis dominates our cultural memory of 13th-century stigmata, a range of other figures conform to Peter Damian’s model.
Sep 18, 2023 · The stigmata are interpreted spiritually (in the main) to be the ‘marking’, the ‘sealing’, the ‘approval’ of Francis’ life endeavour in a moment of intense mystical union which marks the end of the journey that Francis set out on in 1206.
Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμαstigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ: the hands, wrists, feet, near the heart, the head (from the crown of thorns), and back (from carrying the cross and scourging). [ 1 ]
May 18, 2018 · stigmata (in Christian tradition) marks corresponding to those left on Christ's body by the Crucifixion, said to have been impressed by divine favour on the bodies of St Francis of Assisi and others; the word (plural of stigma) is recorded in this sense from the early 17th century.
