“There’s only one real sadness in life, not to be a saint.” – Leon Bleau (French spiritual writer) Not to be the person Christ wants you to be. Saints have all allowed Christ to live His Life in them.
Month: October 2011
Soul and Body – Which Makes “You”
A human person = body + soul
Read more on this here. I’m so impressed with Marcel’s handling of this question and believe, too, that there is a tendency to separate body and soul in modern Christianity.
Vatican II taught:
“Though made of body and soul, man is one. Through his bodily composition he gathers to himself the elements of the material world; thus they reach their crown through him, and through him raise their voice in free praise of the Creator. For this reason man is not allowed to despise his bodily life, rather he is obliged to regard his body as good and honorable since God has created it and will raise it up on the last day. Nevertheless, wounded by sin, man experiences rebellious stirrings in his body. But the very dignity of man postulates that man glorify God in his body and forbid it to serve the evil inclinations of his heart.” -GS 14
A feminine perspective on the New Evangelization
Doubting Thomas
Economic proposal by Vatican to tackle world financial markets
Fr. Barron comments on What Faith Is and What Faith Isn’t
We’ll all be “Jetson’s” soon
Pope canonizes Mother Boniface, known for work toward women’s economic independence
The Spanish nun Bonifacia Rodriguez will be remembered for her fight to help poor women to learn a trade. Before becoming a nun, she was actually a rope maker. She went on to found her own religious order known as the Servants of St. Joseph, right in the local shop where she worked.
Pope canonizes Luigi Guanella, a hero of the defense of life
Italian Luigi Guanella was a champion for the defense of life. Born in 1842, he founded two congregations dedicated to serving those who were disabled and abandoned by their families.