“Know this first of all, that in the last days, scoffers will come with scoffing, living according to their own desires.” — 2 Peter 3:3

It is perhaps the most famous piece of cloth in the world. For centuries, the Shroud of Turin has captivated the imaginations of the devout, the skeptical, and those unable to find the remote to turn off the History Channel during Easter Week.

Draped in mystery, shrouded in controversy and clothed in scandals, it has been the subject of endless debate. Is it a medieval forgery? Or is it the actual burial Shroud of our Lord and Savior?

Let me take you back in time to 1988, when it was announced that reputable scientists were using “modern” scientific technology and the objective media would be there for us to decipher what it all meant, people were excited. It’s difficult to imagine how big of a deal this was in so many Catholic households. I can tell you that, at the time, my parents believed it to be the burial cloth of your Savior and mine, Jesus Christ. I did too.

But then The Science spake from on high while standing next to microscopes and machines with blinking lights and declared the Shroud to be nothing more than a mere medieval forgery. For me, it was a gut punch.

I mean, they had machines with blinking lights! What force on Earth could stand against such authority?

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