Do you want to be a saint?

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Truly good people convict those around them through the way they choose to live their life. They are some people are inspired by such people. Some nasty people are waiting for that good girl/boy Christian to make an error or public sin, so they feel more comfortable in their lifestyle. Evidence of why they shouldn’t listen to this person.
 
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I’ve heard this a lot in my travels in Catholic life. I have to say I love it. The more I have thought about it, the more my heart is absolutely set on being a saint. Question I keep asking myself is, am I being prideful in wanting it? I suppose the answer is probably related to what I mean by becoming a saint.

I mean becoming as holy as it is possible for me to be. Every day I am reminded that I have a mountain to climb in that ambition. But it know it is absolutely what we are called to do.

I find myself so frustrating because I do well for a time, and then life crowds out my desire for holiness and I don’t exactly fall into sin, but into carelessness.

What about you? Does any of that make sense to anyone?
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All in heaven are saints. As in only saints are in heaven. If one wants to be in heaven someday, then the preparation for sainthood is here on this side of eternity.
 
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People fear difference, change, self reflection and are comfortable living in mediocrity
 
Mother angelica spoke on this once and it always stayed with me. She said something along the lines of not agreeing with people who say they wont be a saint but hope to maybe make it in purgatory. Well as we know everyone in heaven is a saint and everyone in purgatory will eventually be a saint. She said something about why would you intentionally set the bar low and then maybe miss it and end up in hell. If you set the bar for heaven you might miss it and get in purgatory which is much better.

Will most of us be a canonized saint? Probably not, but we should all be striving to be a saint in heaven one day.

“We are all called to be great saints. Don’t miss the opportunity.”
-Mother Angelica
 
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Mother angelica spoke on this once and it always stayed with me. She said something along the lines of not agreeing with people who say they wont be a saint but hope to maybe make it in purgatory. Well as we know everyone in heaven is a saint and everyone in purgatory will eventually be a saint. She said something about why would you intentionally set the bar low and then maybe miss it and end up in hell. If you set the bar for heaven you might miss it and get in purgatory which is much better.

Will most of us be a canonized saint? Probably not, but we should all be striving to be a saint in heaven one day.

“We are all called to be great saints. Don’t miss the opportunity.”
-Mother Angelica
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Mother Angelica 😃 Her name is so appropriate
 
I definitely get this. There’s the desire to be holy. But there’s also the natural desire to be seen, be praised, be remembered. And that’s not always good - you can desire to be seen as a saint, rather than desire to be holy.
 
That underscores the need for a firm hope. In that, all that is taught on the virtue ought to be considered. But the former desire is much like straw. It is a thorn in the side. The latter desire leads to self-knowledge in which it is certain that the soul says with St. Francis, “Before the face of God, I am what I am, no more or no less.” Our Lord said to St. Catherine of Siena, “Think of Me, and I will think of you, and take care of all your interests.” (A Year with the Saints, Oct. 11) This makes doctrine loveable. And doctrine loved is interesting because it leads to more discoveries, and the pursuit is followed and care is given from the Trinity through Mary. And doctrine becomes robust in the heart with “faith working through charity.”

A heart set in doctrine, rather then the perception of the world is a great advantage. There are better things to think about than the ego.
 
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"In this atmosphere of deeply-rooted trust, which is the atmosphere of faith, the Psalmist (in Ps [124] 125) reassures “the upright of heart”, the believers. Their situation in itself can be worrying because of the tyranny of the wicked, who wish to impose their domination.

There might also be a temptation for the just to make themselves accomplices of evil to avoid serious difficulties, but the Lord protects them from oppression: “For the sceptre of the wicked shall not rest over the land of the just” (Ps 125[124]: 3); at the same time, he preserves them from the temptation to turn their hands to evil (cf. ibid.).

Thus, the Psalm instils deep trust in the soul. This is a powerful help in facing difficult situations when the external crisis of loneliness, irony and contempt of believers is associated with the interior crisis that consists of discouragement, mediocrity and weariness. We know this situation, but the Psalm tells us that if we have trust, we are stronger than these evils."
(Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, n.2, Aug 3, 2005)
 
Anyone who enters Heaven is a saint. Now, a smaller group are canonized saints who are known to us and they are used as an example. I’m only concerned with making the grade and getting into the pearly gates.
 
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