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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
"We need saints without cassocks, without veils - we need
saints with jeans and tennis shoes. We need saints that go to the movies that
listen to music, that hang out with their friends. We need saints that place God
in first place ahead of succeeding in any career. We need saints that look for
time to pray every day and who know how to be in love with purity, chastity and
all good things. We need saints - saints for the 21st century with a
spirituality appropriate to our new time. We need saints that have a commitment
to helping the poor and to make the needed social change. We need saints to live
in the world, to sanctify the world and to not be afraid of living in the world
by their presence in it. We need saints that drink Coca-Cola, that eat hot dogs,
that surf the internet and that listen to their iPods. We need saints that love
the Eucharist, that are not afraid or embarrassed to eat a pizza or drink a beer
with their friends. We need saints who love the movies, dance, sports, theater.
We need saints that are open sociable normal happy companions. We need saints
who are in this world and who know how to enjoy the best in this world without
being callous or mundane. We need saints."
This has been attributed to Pope Francis at World Youth Day this year, but this site says it isn't his original statement, that it was most likely written either by Blessed John Paul II or by someone in Brazil who was inspired by John Paul.
It's too bad if it's wrongly, widely being attributed to Francis, but it seems to me to be the kind of thing that both John Paul II and Francis would say, and it applies even more now than it might have 20+ years ago.
Does a truth really matter who says it, as long as it's said?
For those who don't realize, this speaks of "little s" saints, the way those of us common folk who believe in God have been referred for ages.
Don't miss the barely-veiled target. References to things as "American" as hot dogs? Coca-Cola? Ipods? Jeans? Even "tennis shoes" AKA sneakers?
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"After Abortion,...run by Emily Peterson and Annie Banno, two women who had abortions in the 1970s, ...tries to avoid the political tug-of-war that tends to come with this turf. They concentrate instead on discussing the troubling personal effects of abortion on the mothers." ~ Eric Scheske, Godspy contributing editor, in NC Register's "Signs of Life in the Blogosphere", 2/2006
"Godbloggers could, in the best of worlds, become the new apologists...[including] laymen with day jobs: Emily Peterson and Annie Banno, for instance, at the blog After Abortion..."~ Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard online editor, in First Things's "God on the Internet", 12/2005
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George & Linda Zallie, Stacy's parents, "assisting women who made the difficult choice of ending their pregnancy in finding nonjudgmental help" for suicidal feelings.
For immediate help, call tollfree, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: national, confidential, post-abortion-recovery hotlines: 1-877-HOPE-4-ME or 1-866-482-5433 or 1-800-5WE-CARE ...more help below...
"I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion...[many are] aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and [do] not doubt that it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentance. The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace...You will come to understand that nothing is definitively lost and you will also be able to ask forgiveness from your child..."
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