Dear Miguel, We need you for Vice-Postulator of the Cause of Bl. Joseph Vaz - you understand the business and "vice" aspect of canonizations! But, on the other hand, if we send you to the Vatican, they would give you a Cardinal's hat and the private bank account that goes with it.... Filomena
--- Miguel Braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Filomena, > > There are a few business principles that are > applicable to the saint > "business": > > 1. No Credit: "In God we trust; rest strictly cash." > If you want something, > you gotta pay for it. > > 2.No service without commission: Even canonization > has hidden costs. I am > given to understand that US$1,000,000 that you > quoted, does not take into > account the inflation and the premium on 'coloured' > merchandize[not virgin > material like pure driven snow....white!].If dress > circle tickets are > assured in heaven, quite a few smugglers,builders > and politicians in Goa/of > Goan origin would be willing to invest in sainthood. > Right now they waste > the money in donations for construction of > churches,parish > complexes,sepulchres,etc for local benefits/honour > in the local parish. Our > parish is now raising money for the cemetry. No > receipts so far.Refence to > receipts was deleted from the appeal[which > ,unfortunately,I drafted.] All > good catholics are supposed to contribute: only > 'protestants' ask > embarassing questions. > > 3.Peter's Principle: "Work expands to occupy all > available time." The > Postulator is busy, please try after some time. > > The good news is that a new postulator has been > found for the 'cause' of > Venerable Fr.Agnelo D'Souza,SFX[ indigenous priest > of a native order....and > sainthood is a tall order].Fr.Antonio Marazzo is a > Redemptorist. Hope he > will redeem the name of the poor local 'father' who > happens to be my > Godfather/Padrinho/Padrin/Podon/Dhom-Baap...and I do > not even pray to him > although he became 'venerable' on 11 November,1986. > Fr.Tony Fernandes,SFX, > is the new Vice-Postulator who has to document the > virtue of his departed > predecessor priest. Hopefully, Fr. Marazzo will not > say " Mar zok" to the > cause----he is the fourth postulator for Fr. Agnelo > ,who died on 20 > November,1928 and is a saint in the waiting for 75 > years today. Anyone for > his diamond jubilee at Pilar?[ Information courtesy > press release from the > Society of Pilar, opinions my own.] > > Viva Goa. > > Miguel > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
