--- Arnold Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We hope and pray the process of canonization of > Mother Teresa will be handled with greater alacrity > and enthusiasm for the sake of the Church and > Humanity. Her highest veneration is for the Glory of > Christ. > > It took the Church over 500 years to canonize St > Joan of Arc. Let's hope we don't have to endure > undue procrastination in case of Mother Teresa. > Honor delayed is honor denied. > Mario observes: > While I may personally think Mother Theresa is deserving of sainthood, mine is a biased opinion. I think such weighty decisions as sainthood are best left to future generations with plenty of history and unbiased and impersonal perspective behind them. > In my never humble opinion, saints should be very few and far between to avoid devaluing what it is supposed to mean to be a saint: not only service and sacrifice way above and beyond the call of duty, but also direct responsibility for at least a couple of "miracles" that are so much harder to prove in this day and age. > Remember Sts. Christopher and Philomena among others were de-certified years ago after no evidence could be found to support their presumably hasty canonizations. > Joan of Arc was burned alive for her faith - clearly an act of sacrifice and faith that is clearly above and beyond the call of duty. Yet it apparently took over 500 years for her to be canonized. Obviously, none of her friends and contemporaries were involved in the decision. > Mother Theresa performed her duty and vocation admirably. Whether it was way above and beyond the call of duty is a judgement call. Can she be credited with causing any "miracles" through her intercession? Are those who knew her personally the most objective people to review the record and make such decisions? > Mother Theresa has already been fast-tracked to Beatification, received a Nobel Prize and is venerated by many. What's the hurry? Don't we have enough saints? I don't think sainthood has anything to do with how deserving one's contemporaries think one was. If it only had to do with honor, sainthood would become meaningless. > If the current sentiments on Goanet have anything to do with India, was Mother Theresa any more "Indian" than St. Thomas and St. Francis Xavier, two other foreigners who adopted India? > I have heard that Cardinal Ivan Dias is now in Rome to eventually replace the ailing Cardinal Lourdaswamy, so the legitimate interests of the sub-continent will surely be preserved if necessary. > I am even more firmly opposed to the fast-track process that the current Pope is trying to push through for his predecessor and mentor, whose final years and lifetime of stellar accomplishments were clouded by his egregious mishandling of the pedophile priest fiasco and his overarching concern for the perpetrators and relative insensitivity towards the victims. Is Pope Benedict XVI the most objective person to opine on his mentor and friend's sainthood? I think not. > Others may disagree, but that's my considered opinion and I'm sticking to it. >
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