Dear George, I agree with you. Fr.Joseph Vaz has been a wonderful man, a wonderful priest-missionary, a man for others. He died in 1711. Yes, he should have been canonized by now. John Paul II has certainly this wish. For me he has been a Living Saint.He has put in practice principles of evangelization, of which we are aware today. The fire of God's love led him to love in a heroic degree... But the process of Canonization requires another miracle. Among humans there are also human factors in force... At least, this fact leads us to be more associated with the Saint in life and death... Even though he has not been on the altar during my childhood, he has been my model. Each one has to bloom where one is planted. We grow as men for others wherever we are, searching God's design for us... Fr.Ivo
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 1:02 PM Subject: [Goanet]Re: Goa's Patron Saint > Fr. Ivo, > > Should Blessed Vaz be a saint? Since he is not officially one yet, has the Church not failed him > using the criteria you have below? Is the criteria selectively used to favor Europeans? > > George > > --- Ivo Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am free in my belief, within the limits of my human nature prescribed by > > the ultimate Cause, but cannot call "saints" all those who excelled in art > > and science. Saint is the Man who lives an honest, good life by developing > > high quality of love. St.Francis Xavier is a Saint, not only because he > > lived well, but also because the Catholic Church canonized him. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > ########################################################################## > # 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 # > ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
