FIRST CLASS RELIC of St. Thomas Aquinas!!! w/ Bob Lesnefsky

You gave me this first class relic of Thomas Aquinas. I did and I told you one thing when I gave it to you is like all I want is to be famous. I want to be on the show. Yeah. You promised me within a week I'll be on the show and then here's the relic. Four months later, five months later, six months later. It's shameful but um no yeah yeah I've got the relic from a Russian Orthodox priest who uh this wasn't the first time he gave us a relic in fact a couple years ago he said he's like I want to give you guys some relics and he's like uh you you have a pick you could have Thomas Aquinas or St. Teresa Little Flower. Yeah. And uh it was a big choice you know um but to me you know I uh I thought the less pretentious choice would be St. Teresa Little Flower. Okay. That's why I left this one for you um. I missed it. What? Less pretentious like I um no I picked St. Teresa Little Flower because like we're a missionary family and she was missionary. So he gave you both of them? No he gave it so I got St. Teresa Little Flower and that's how I knew he had Thomas Aquinas. Okay. So then like when you were moving here and you were like oh it's my dream to get Thomas Aquinas we were like we should just ask Father Theo for the Thomas Aquinas. Yeah. So we told him about you and he he's like you know he's an old guy and uh honestly he's he's sick old man not sick like he's a pervert or something but like he's just old and he's sick and he's like always wanting to get rid of his stuff and uh and so we told him about you he's like oh I would love that you know so he uh yeah he was he was all about. And he wanted to do it anonymously isn't that right? Yeah well well I guess he's not anonymous anymore. Well you haven't said his name yet did you Father? Theo Chomsky. Thank you Father. Thank you Father Theo Chomsky. No yeah he's just a sweet sweet guy he's always giving stuff to like monasteries. Why is that? Is it just western saints he gives away? I don't know how he has so many like crosses and relics and stuff like that but people have given them to him and uh he like loves to give stuff away like he like he would come over our house and be like he'd love to give us like groceries you know but then the other thing he'd be like I have this old wheelbarrow I want to give to you and I always be like yeah I don't want it but yeah dude I want it man I'm like I'll take it dude you know and uh so he's just like that and the relic is just another thing man he's a he's a sweet old man. I was in Pittsburgh at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church and somebody pointed out that they knew that priest and they spoke really highly of him. Well I was in uh Scott's library walking around Scott Hahn and I said to him yeah because okay back up I got a Therese of Lisieux first class relic and the way I got it was thus. I was chatting with the priest at a parish I was about to speak at and he said hey just got like a bunch of relics first class relics in and for those Protestants who are watching right now we're talking about like bone fragments of bone from saints which is weird right because as Catholics we like respect the body until you're dead and then we throw you in the chipper and then disperse you around the world in little gold things a bit weird um so he said he got all these relics in and I've been wanting a relic and I'm like how come all these Catholics I know have first class relics and I don't have a first class relic so he said I got all these I just looked at him I went give me one and he went okay sweet that's how you do it so I just started to become a little bit more bold in my relic seeking so I was in Scott's library and I'm like hey you know anybody who'd have a first class relic of Thomas Aquinas I could have and he's like I wouldn't trust or respect the man who would part with it. Well you told me that before and I always think that Scott Hahn doesn't respect me did you tell him I gave you the no because this was before okay I was looking for one don't ever tell him I'm sure he doesn't watch this show but anyway so what happened was you came over to my house and you had an envelope and you you gave me this thing because you said you had something you wanted to give to me and my wife said you're gonna love this thing and I'm like I don't know what this thing could possibly be what things were you thinking it could be I don't know because she said you were gonna love it and I thought I don't think Bob has anything he could give me that I'd be that excited about yeah wow that's a backhanded insult so he she gave me an envelope and I was feeling it I thought this is a friggin beer top it's a bottle top yeah that's a good guess that's what it felt like I'm like okay I guess maybe it's like an Australian beer top and my wife thought that this would have sentimental value so that's what I'm thinking as I open this envelope and pull it out I'm thinking oh thanks Bob this is great and I pull it out and it's a first class relic of Thomas Aquinas I don't think I could speak for about a minute that was awesome bro it was really kind of you and then we have like the the document and yeah I have it right there that's still on the envelope yeah envelope envelope I say envelope yeah I think in Australia they say envelope I get confused these days well yeah I don't know I think I say envelope it's a good question actually but once I ask you you forget then I know I like I'm gonna think about it all day gonna beat myself up about the answer but uh anyway so thanks so much for that yeah man I it's good to see you here in that cool like where'd you get that reliquary I got that reliquary um actually I have a oh speaking of first class relics this was this was a terrible thing happened so I I used to work for a bloke who runs a ministry called stewardship a mission of faith okay and he was kind enough to give me a first class relic of Padre Pio and it came with that reliquary by the way we no longer have any Protestants watching this show yeah it's been like 10 minutes and there's no way I don't think so anyway so he gives this to me and I have to fly home with it so I don't know what to do with it I wanted to be careful with it obviously so I took the the relic out in the little circular thing that's a name I wrapped it in bubble wrap and I got home and I unwrap it and the fragment of bone is no longer on it bro now I know now I know people they'll they'll carry their first class relics around with them yeah but for some reason it got dislodged from the glue or whatever that's in on the thing so what do you do here's what do you do like you're in a predicament now either you leave it as is because it's sealed with wax to show its authenticity in the back right so do I just keep it like that with the seal on and say well I know you can't see it it's in there somewhere or do you cut it open and go looking for it what do you do I think I would have left it sealed right I should have done that but you cut it I cut it open I don't know why I did it I don't think I'm bad at it dust to dust right man it's dust somewhere now I mean so I cut it open and I'm going through look and but it's kind of cool though like touch Padre Pio's bone I was thinking that too and I think I found it and I tried to put it back on and then I shut it up again so I have Padre Pio you still have it yeah still have it but it has it's cut open in the back so all's well that ends well anyway that's how I got the relic I think everyone's got like a I feel like the the most common relic is Padre Pio yeah everyone's like a piece of a glove or something that was touching a piece of his glove or something like that yeah yeah and not that I mean Padre Pio's cool but if you like that clip be sure to like and subscribe cheers