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--- sonia gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know that we might be more educated than PRIESTS
> are, with our PhD's but the question is do we need
> more saints.
>
Mario observes:
>
FINALLY, someone with an original thought. Thank you,
Sonia. Even though I don't have a Ph.D. [:-))] this
is a question I have been asking for quite sometime
that has been answered by deafening silence so far.
>
Saints are supposed to have an inside track to JC and
are therefore useful in interceding for us. Well, in
that case, why do I need anyone else but JC's Mom,
whom I was named after, and who, I'm sure, has her
hands full interceding for my daily transgressions?
If she can't help me get out of trouble, who else has
the juice up there to do so? Case closed.
>
OK, so there is a secondary usefulness to recognizing
someone as a saint - someone who sets an example,
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY - so as to be an
inspiration to the rest of us pesants. I think we
already have enough of those, don't you think?
>
I can imagine Fr. Agnel being quite amused at all the
goings on on his behalf. Actual saintly people
weren't motivated by the prospect of such conspicuous
recognition. At least, I think so, because a desire
for such recognition would be a character flaw, in my
never humble opinion.
>
Mabe I'm missing something. Can anyone come up with
any other reasons why we need more saints, other than
jingoistic local poliics?
>
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