A 25th Sunday after Pentecost Thought About Striving to Be a Saint
We're going to take a stab at striving to be a saint on this 25th Sunday after Pentecost. Last Sunday recalled that November is the month devoted to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. And we connected the Holy Souls with the saints - those in Heaven. They are, in a certain sense, saints in transition. No matter how much they may suffer before they are "cleared" for entrance into Heaven, they know they will get there. Quite a consolation, don't you think? Indeed, could there be any greater consolation for a soul that has endured life in this Vale of Tears with all its difficulties and suffering, to know with certainty that its reward is assured? In addition, Abbot Columba Marmion laid out the "varieties" of saints. He outlined many different types of persons who have become saints with specific examples. Perhaps we found one of these similar to ourselves. Here we find one of our "regulars" - Father Willie Doyle - struggling against his own shortcomings. W...