Who wants to become a saint?
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27560)
Philippines
October 16, 2020 2:01am CST
I do, of course. But I don't think I am qualified.
Why?
Because there are requirements to become a saint.
First, one must be dead.
Second, one must have lived a venerable life. And if one did, the life will be scrutinized by the Bishop of the Archdiocese and submitted to Rome, where the Theologians will further study one's virtuous way of life and the written work the deceased had left behind.
Third, if the result of the study renders the person worthy, he gets to be beatified. This is the waiting time for miracles.
Fourth, when the miracles had been verified and validated, then the canonization is performed and the blessed is elevated to the ranks of the saints.
In my case, I am a fail at living a pious life. Been derailed for reckless and wayward decisions early on which are very regrettable. Then, in mylot alone, in my desire to be forthright, my posts show lack of patience and gentility, or prudence. Sigh.
But who knows, Paul and Augustine came tardy in knowing our Lord, and Francis was incarcerated for a year and contracted malaria before he realized he had the calling.
I may not be a Scholastica, a Theresa of Avila, a Therese of the Little Way, or a little Jacinta of Fatima, but hey, every one has chance of becoming a saint.
Just be good.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
16 Oct 20
It was easier between the 4th and the 7th C, when any hermit was considered like a living saint. I see hermits like geeks. Same for stylites living on pillars, except that these ones were a bit too ascetic for me. Somebody like Simeon the Stylite was even refusing to obey to the Church, why a saint would obey to the Pope
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
I didn't know the stylites. Not privy to the story of Simeon the Stylite and his stance against the Pope. Thanks for telling.
Hmmm, yes, living on pillars would be too ascetic, I'd rather dwell in a cabin or a cave
, like Benedict and Francis.
, like Benedict and Francis.3 people like this
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
16 Oct 20
I reckon that being the best you can be is the best way to be.
Catherine of Alexandria is one of my favourite Saints as they are known to be.
I am not a Saint either so take heart.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
Dear friend, you have been honest with your heartaches and all the troubles that came your way. Yet, you lived with grace. You have become a poet. And that is something - for one cannot express in words what is not in the heart. You have a good heart. That's the passage to heaven, as all saints had.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
19 Oct 20
@lovinangelsinstead21 Very strong conviction you've got - 'everyone has the capacity to be able to carry love wherever they can' - which translates to everyone has the potential of becoming a saint.
We're not saints yet, but I'd like to believe we will be.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Oct 20
@eileenleyva
Thank you but I feel everyone has the capacity to be able to carry love wherever they can.
Like I said I am not a Saint.
I think it takes a lot of hard work to be one also.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
But we could saints and enjoy life tremendously. Like John XXIII and John Paul II.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
@Ajy78613 Why were you laughing at Judy Story?
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
In living a good and honest life, you are already a saint in the making.
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@pitsipeahie (5011)
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16 Oct 20
I never aspired to be a saint. I have sinned many times and continue to sin but I also continue to try to do good and follow his will despite my weaknesses. I just pray when the judgment comes that the Lord may have mercy on my soul.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
Who amongst us has not sinned? Paul the Apostle did violate the ten commandments and yet he became the greatest salesman of Christianity. Augustine penned his Confessions, and that has become the saving grace of many a sinner.
Do your best to eradicate the vices each day, and practice to be more virtuous consciously. Patience was never my virtue once but I learned to understand that people could not keep with my time always. So, I adjusted. And I mellowed through the years.
I like your name, eli.
What's in a name?
Yes, our God will call us by our names.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
20 Oct 20
@eileenleyva Yeah same thinking too. Our god is way much understanding than we people here on earth. I think the church only impose those rules so that they are sure that they will make less mistakes in taking them as saints officially. I think we are all candidates for it but not everyone will be given the privilege to be recognize officially by the Church as one. I am happy to become one even not officially declared by the Church.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
20 Oct 20
I know. Sigh. Just thinking about Therese of the Little Way and Bernadette of Lourdes - how they suffered in quiet manual service, and yet offered the sacrifices for the greater glory of God, I certainly am way, way down in comparison. Francis of Assisi, they say, came closest to being like Christ, for he literally gave all to be like Christ.
Yet, they say, our God is an understanding God, ha ha, for He does not ask more than we are capable of giving, or offering. So, even if I am a glutton every other day, I am sure He would find a way to forgive.
But we must remember to do our best, and refrain from too much eating, because only saints enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
16 Oct 20
I don't want people to be mislead and worship me instead of worshipping just one true God
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
Saints are not worshiped. They are invoked upon for intercessions.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
@eileenleyva a lot cannot distinguish.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
18 Oct 20
@louievill That is why education is important. And the dissemination of the Word of God. People ought to study and learn. Two thousand years of Salvation History, and another two thousand years from Salvation to the present, many saints spreading the Good News, and modern man still confused. No thanks to Arianism and Protestantism that sowed the division of discontent, making a mockery of Christianity, producing combative Christians whose only purpose is to put down the Catholic Church, the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church our Lord instituted. The saints have been our watchmen. Their lives have been paradigms of virtues and self-sacrifice.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
18 Oct 20
That would be in the last judgment. But it is imperative that we become as God-like as He wants us to be.
Truth is, only saints can dwell in the Kingdom of God.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
19 Oct 20
@kanuck1 You are like Martin de Porres who, when discriminated upon, chose to continue to be the best he can in the service of our God.
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@kanuck1 (4434)
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19 Oct 20
@eileenleyva Yes, let's continue to do the very best we can!
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
24 Oct 20
That is true. It is important that we all be good. Yet many have taken that for granted. Hu hu.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
12 Sep 21
@Nevena83 So long as there's a few, the evil ones will not prevail.
@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
25 Oct 20
@eileenleyva Yes, there are fewer and fewer good people.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Oct 20
Tell me about your life. Why do you love it.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
18 Oct 20
@Ajy78613 Is that not the pathway to sainthood? Living a virtuous life by taking care of the self, others, serving the country, and being a good citizen of the world is exactly what saints are made of.
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@Ajy78613 (2001)
• Australia
17 Oct 20
@eileenleyva because god gives me a life, so use your life for yourself, for your family, for country, for world.
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