Today's Saints

[Lil Red]

i've been thinking....

what am i doing to prevent someone from becoming a saint?

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Nov 8 2005, 01:37 PM']i've been thinking....

what am i doing to prevent someone from becoming a saint?
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whoa.........

[Lil Red]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 12:38 PM']whoa.........
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yeah, i know. contemplate that for awhile.

[Dreamweaver]

[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='Nov 8 2005, 11:01 AM']Glad you like it Laura!   Anyone have anyother thoughts they feel like contributing?

I've been wondering what the reactions would be to a mystic or stigmatist would be...  I know there would be a lot of speculation about it...
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I like that thought. Often times we may forget how our actions affect others.

[Ash Wednesday]

I see parents who bear large families and raise their kids in the faith and I think they are saints. I saw a family on EWTN a while back and the oldest girl was discussing her vocation to be a nun and I thought, man, there are saints in that family.

I think there may also be saints out there who are quiet, devout souls that offer their sufferings up silently and nobody knows about because they don't say a word. God bless them.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Nov 8 2005, 12:37 PM']i've been thinking....

what am i doing to prevent someone from becoming a saint?
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or, how am i someone's stepping stone to become a saint? how am i a stumbling block or a stepping stone?

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:10 PM']or, how am i someone's stepping stone to become a saint? how am i a stumbling block or a stepping stone?
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will you cut it out?!?! ....man.... i've got a lot of work ahead of me.....

[Lil Red]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 02:11 PM'] will you cut it out?!?! ....man.... i've got a lot of work ahead of me.....
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sorry! would you rather ?

i've really been thinking about how my actions are affecting/not affecting others.

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:13 PM'] sorry! would you rather  ?

i've really been thinking about how my actions are affecting/not affecting others.
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they're nice thoughts. definitely something everyone should think of constantly. i guess ive never consistently put my actions in terms of... how am i helping this person become a saint? im kinda selfish a lot of times.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 02:15 PM'] im kinda selfish a lot of times. [right][snapback]782754[/snapback][/right][/quote]
me too

[Lil Red]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 02:15 PM'] how am i helping this person become a saint?[right][snapback]782754[/snapback][/right][/quote]
if we're called to become saints ourselves, then shouldn't we help others to become saints? especially those who are nearest and dearest to us?

for me, that's the hardest. it's easier for me to help a total stranger become a saint than my own family.

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:50 PM']if we're called to become saints ourselves, then shouldn't we help others to become saints? especially those who are nearest and dearest to us?

for me, that's the hardest. it's easier for me to help a total stranger become a saint than my own family.
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this is true for me with my immediate family. it seems so backwards....

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 02:57 PM']this is true for me with my immediate family.  it seems so backwards....
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same here...

[Catholictothecore]

I think that the layity to be saints would have to find great friendship in the Little Flower. When you deny yourself the oppurtunity to do the big things, the little things are (thank God) all you got!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Aloysius' date='Nov 7 2005, 10:53 PM']Raph's last name is Hythloday.
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You think if that were my last name that Jen would be serious?



By the way, Brian, I know more names than you think I do.

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='Catholictothecore' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:36 PM']I think that the layity to be saints would have to find great friendship in the Little Flower. When you deny yourself the oppurtunity to do the big things, the little things are (thank God) all you got!
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what do you mean by "when you deny yourself the opportunity to do the big things"?

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 10:36 PM']what do you mean by "when you deny yourself the opportunity to do the big things"?
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I think he is talking about living humbly and doing everything with joy, especially the small and mundane tasks of our lives. It is living a humble and hidden life apart from the 'big' bright and alluring opportunities the world presents us. We choose the little things of heaven, step by step.

[missionseeker]

Fr. Damien was cool It'd be neat to have the chance to something like that.

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='Nov 9 2005, 01:09 AM']I think he is talking about living humbly and doing everything with joy, especially the small and mundane tasks of our lives.  It is living a humble and hidden life apart from the 'big' bright and alluring opportunities the world presents us.  We choose the little things of heaven, step by step.
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i understood that part. what i didnt understand is the reference to that being meant for lay people. why is it meant only for lay people? i guess i felt like he was saying that lay people limit themselves by being a lay person. im just a little confused....

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 9 2005, 07:11 AM']i understood that part. what i didnt understand is the reference to that being meant for lay people. why is it meant only for lay people? i guess i felt like he was saying that lay people limit themselves by being a lay person. im just a little confused....
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I think it may be because I had started asking about lay Saints rather than religious or priests. I'm not sure what he meant though by the way you are interpreting what was said, hopefully he'll return and let us know

I also have a little book called [i]An Easy Way to Become a Saint[/i] by Fr. Paul O'Sullivan. I haven't read it yet, but it is a very short little book. Has anyone read it or heard of it?