In a religion where one’s relationship with God Himself defines their eventual destiny, it is ever important to establish the best relationship possible, in order to reach the ultimate destiny with God in His Kingdom. To most Christians, including Catholics, living a life for God is advanced with His help and His help only. This can occur in many different forms, and some of the most widely known examples of people who have felt the hand of God personally reach into their lives are Saints.
In the Catholic religion, saints are people especially celebrated by the Church and its people. What many people may not know, however, is that we can all be saints. A saint is anyone in heaven, a venerated Saint, however, is one who has undergone a series
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In order to fully investigate the depth behind this question, I have decided to investigate a variety of sources. First, I will explore the qualifications required for someone to even be considered for this process. Next, I will investigate the process these candidates must then go through. I will pay close attention to each source in order to take credible information that remains consistent through multiple lenses. I will use a variety of credible online sources in order to gather a collective of information for my understanding. In order to round out my search, I plan on contacting my religious instructor from my Confirmation classes, a theology major who is the head of religious education at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Ludlow, to get her perspective on the canonization process. This will give me a different angle on the process, as she gained most of her knowledge through more classical methods, including written sources and different college-level courses. The accumulation of the above mentioned information should provide me with the diverse collection of information necessary to develop a thorough response to my …show more content…
As previously noted, a saint can be anyone in heaven. However, a Saint, venerated or canonized, is one of much more significance. Also, Saints are not considered for candidacy until after their death, in order to better test their lasting sanctity. For example, even though Mother Teresa's canonization was expedited, it still followed that basic rule. Finally, becoming a saint was surprisingly not a part of the famous Indulgence era, rather it has always maintained some validity within the Church. If this validity was threatened, the Church closed in and created stricter requirements and
A saint is a virtuous person that is honored by church after death who is considered to a degree of holiness and is blessed. In most Christian denominations think all people are saints in the Catholic Church the term saint is given to a person whom which the church has officially been canonized. Furthermore, the Catholic Church explains that they do not create or make a saint; however, they recognize saints. In fact, Frances Xavier Cabrini or as many people refer to her as Mother Cabrini is the first person to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Saint Christopher, the patron saint of travelers and children, is one of the most popular yet mysterious saints of the Catholic Church. Though considered a saint. Saint Christopher is not in the official canon of the saints, and not much is really known about him. It is theorized that Saint Christopher was actually a martyr named Reprobus who was beheaded in the third century.
... of saint because he had the strongest desire to do good for others. He exemplified great virtue and because of this a community was able to move forward.
Woodward, Kenneth L. Making Saints : How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn't, and Why. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Through the close study of two of the aspects shown in the diagram, their contributions allow Christianity to be considered a living religious tradition. The significant contributions of Pope John XXIII, during both his papal and Pre-papal life have had everlasting effects on not only Catholicism, but Christianity as a whole and lead to the sense of Christianity being a living religious tradition. His works include two Papal encyclicals, Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris, along with his work being Apostolic Delegate of Greece and Turkey. Moreover, The significant practice of Baptism has further contributed to Christian being considered a living religious tradition as it accounts for the premise of most Christian beliefs to be initiated, especially in terms of salvation and affirming the beliefs in the trinity and following the teachings of Jesus Christ.
During my catholic youth group, one of my friends told me he was disappointment to all Roman Catholics because he says that we are just worshipping to the Saints. He seemed that he is under the influence of thinking too deeply into our religion, even though he is catholic too. I tried to explain him that we, Roman Catholics, do not worship to anyone but God but my words weren’t enough to make him understand more about the Saints. Someone gave a book to my aunt and I asked her if I could borrow the book. The book is called Saints from Our Times by Ann Ball. While skimming the book, I have found great explanations for people to have the genuine knowledge about the teachings and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church.
Loughran, Hugh. "Catholic Insight : Saints : Thomas More and John Fisher: Declared Saints Seventy Years Ago." Catholic Insight Home. July & Aug. 2005. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. .
The dictionary says a saint is "a person officially recognized as being entitled to public ...
...spread their religion and did not stop until their death. It is interesting to find out that there were people like that , that dedicated so much of their lives for a cause. I am sure other saints accomplished as much as St. Boniface, but to my knowledge, he seemed like the most active and aggressive. He not only prayed for change, he went out and made it happen. He took journey’s that lasted years, traveled aimlessly at times, from one ship to another converting pagans and spreading the word as he went along. He even went on these missions in his elder years, though dangerous for his age, he continued until his death.
Contrary to common belief, saints are not perfect. Saints simply seek Christ more than anyone else. Saints understood the need for Christ in their own lives through their own experiences. St. Teresa of Avila did not live a perfect life, although she strived to after her conversion. St. Teresa, after living in the world, realized her desperate need for a personal relationship with God, but by no means was she perfect.
Saint Catherine of Siena is the saint that I have chosen to be my saint. She was very interesting to me, and her story was very intriguing. She is the patron saint of fire prevention, bodily ills, sick people, miscarriages, nurses, and illness. She was canonized in 1461 by Pope Pius II. Her feast day is now celebrated on April 29.
For Protestants a saint is “anyone who believes in Jesus as a savior.” To juxtaposition that definition Catholics defines saints to be “a special group of holy people, who are venerated. They may act as intercessors between God and Man and may be invoked in prayer.” This deference in definition really shows the constancy of Protestants and their beliefs that Jesus and God are the only ones who truly have importance and focus of the religion. They deny the pope, deny the Virgin Mary to being anything holy, and reject the idea of holy saints and their ability to be mediums to connect with
Throughout the human history there have been many saints who have lived among us. They followed Jesus’ principles and they did God’s will. One of the earliest saints was St. John, and he lived during the times of Jesus. His childhood and his date of birth are unknown, but it is well known that he was one of the best followers and students of Jesus.
Can you imagine running away and leaving everyone you love and care about? St. Dymphna had to when she was only 14 years old. In this essay I will tell you what a saint is and about the life of St. Dymphna.
The article that impacted me the most was David Squires, “Curriculum Alignment Research Suggests That Alignment Can Improve Student Achievement”. The curriculum issue I chose to focus my attention on was the vertical alignment of our English Language Arts curriculum between seventh and eighth-grade. A considerable misconception I made before conducting research on the topic was that vertical alignment is simple as it would involve matching the curriculum to the standards for each grade level. However, after performing research, I realized there are multiple components that impact alignment of curriculum. This article provided me more clarity in which I can utilize to continue to create an action plan to address this issue.