We are pleased to inform you that 100% of the profits from the sales of the Holy Shroud Fragrance has and will continue to be donated to Christian charities worldwide.
After many years of inspiration, development and much prayer, it is with great joy that we announce the completion of this fragrant devotional oil inspired by the iconic Shroud of Turin. It is our prayer that the divine aroma of this devotional oil will be a reminder of the hope and promise of eternal life accomplished through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Savior of the world.
Rodger and Greer Kenworthy, producers of ABBA Biblical fragrant oils for the past 27 years, have been researching and studying the Shroud of Turin for over 15 years. Their first encounter with this sacred relic occurred in 2005 during a visit to the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. They were invited by Father Giorgio, caretaker of the Garden, to view a full-length replica of one of the first photographs of the Shroud taken in 1898 by Secondo Pia which was on private display within the Garden compound. It was a profound spiritual experience which God used to stir their hearts with a deep desire to learn more about this ancient linen cloth.
Since that viewing, they have been seeking God’s direction on the possibility of producing a fragrance associated with this awe-inspiring relic. Through in-depth study of first century Jewish burial rites along with the resurrection account as told in the Gospels, the Kenworthys learned that various spices, resins and oils, such as myrrh, nard and aloes, were used to prepare a body for burial. With the leading of the Holy Spirit, they have formulated a fragrance using some of the same spices and oils which would have been on the linen burial cloth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Father Andrew Dalton, a Catholic Priest and International Shroud speaker, is an assistant professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, Italy. Fr. Dalton is on the Board of Directors of Othonia, the international organization committed to the promotion and dissemination of knowledge relating to the Turin Shroud. He recently spoke in Houston, TX. on behalf of the future Holy Shroud exhibit opening there in 2023.
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THE HOLY SHROUD FRAGRANCE ™, 1/2 oz, 14 mlE. - Product of Israel, Produced in Houston, TX
The Holy Shroud of Turin, the most analyzed and studied artifact in history, is a 14-ft. linen burial cloth that bears the image of a crucified man. Millions of people believe it is the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth which was miraculously imprinted with His likeness at the moment of His resurrection.
First century Jewish burial rites included preparing a body with fragrant resins & spices, oils of nard, myrrh and aloes. The gospel of John records: "Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 75 pounds. So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom" (John 19:39-40).
The Holy Shroud Fragrance™ is a blend of pure olive oil from the Galilee region of the Holy Land and a special gifted oil from the 2000-year-old trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, the very garden where Jesus prayed. Infused with some of the ancient burial fragrances mentioned in the gospel accounts of the resurrection, it symbolically represents the scents that would have been present on the linen burial cloth of Jesus. We pray that the divine aroma of this devotional oil will remind you of the hope and promise of eternal life offered through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Savior of the world.
Jesus said: “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live” (John 11:25).