As Saint John Paul II said: “If we truly start out anew from the contemplation of Christ, we must learn to see him especially in the faces of those with whom he himself wished to be identified”. “ Holiness, then, is not about swooning in mystic rapture. Each saint is a mission, planned by the Father to reflect and embody, at a specific moment in history, a certain aspect of the Gospel.” “A Christian cannot think of his or her mission on earth without seeing it as a path of holiness, for “this is the will of God, your sanctification” (1 Thess 4:3). What we need to contemplate is the totality of their life, their entire journey of growth in holiness, the reflection of Jesus Christ that emerges when we grasp their overall meaning as a person.” Not everything a saint says is completely faithful to the Gospel not everything he or she does is authentic or perfect. “To recognize the word that the Lord wishes to speak to us through one of his saints, we do not need to get caught up in details, for there we might also encounter mistakes and failures. PAPA FRANCISCO, Vatican City, Nov 1, 2013, On the Feast of All Saints. “ To be a saint is not a privilege of a few… all of us in baptism have the inheritance of being able to become saints. To pray and to live in joy: this is the way of sanctity!” Never hating, but serving the other, is the greatest need. “The saints are men and women who have joy in their hearts and spread it to others. “The saints encourage us with their witness not to have fear of going against the current or fear of being misunderstood and derided when we speak of the Lord and of the Gospel… They show us with their lives that the one who remains faithful to God and to his words experiences now on this earth the comfort of his love and then experiences it a ‘hundredfold’ in eternity” It’s fitting that it’s his words, ‘missions from God’, that are the cornerstone of this event. Our Holy Father Francis is a source of unity for us as SmartCatholics. In honor of our upcoming event on the saints, ‘ Modern Saints: Missions from God‘, I wanted to share with you the quotes that we studied!
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