Have you ever met a canonized saint?

[redrosetea]

I never have but it is possible someone here could have known a person in the process of being canonized or even declared a saint

If you did, could you tell when you were areound them they were special?

I think they must give off an aura…I think Fr Groeschel is a saint in the making…I can tell it when I listen to him on TV…The same with Mother Angelica…they just have something extra…I think it is holiness

 

[Holly3278]

Isn’t an aura a New Age thing?

 

[holyrosary11]

I never have but it is possible someone here could have known a person in the process of being canonized or even declared a saint

If you did, could you tell when you were areound them they were special?

I think they must give off an aura…I think Fr Groeschel is a saint in the making…I can tell it when I listen to him on TV…The same with Mother Angelica…they just have something extra…I think it is holiness

Mother Angelica is not a saint in the making if what i know about her is true… namely that she ignores certain people in need … It’s a long story what i mean and i don’t have sufficient proof. … so maybe i shouldn’t be saying this… All i know and the point i am trying to make is: we just never know… who is saintly & who is not.

I believe that when we get to Heaven we will be very surprised about who is there & who is not…

I had a problem with this one person, thought he was a downright… well, maybe possessed person or whatever… But i had an in-depth conversation with the person & my feelings changed…(maybe because the person had changed in the yrs since i’d last spoken to him).

True, i still don’t know the person’s true inner heart remotely as well as Jesus does… but it was interesting that I changed my mind …

it is also true that the person may have just been on his best behavior… putting on an act… but i don’t think so… There is only so much acting a person can do before people begin to see through the act. In any case, i just think that it is difficult to say who is a potential saint and who is not.

 

[danonwaveland]

In any case, i just think that it is difficult to say who is a potential saint and who is not.

Agreed. I think we’re all grateful that our merciful, but just, Lord will be our judge and not our neighbors. Also, I think we’re all grateful that we’re not going to judge others. As you said, God knows our hearts.

God bless,
Dan

P.S.: I think Mother Angelica is a saint in the making. Hopefully, all of us on these threads are saints in the making – imperfect, but keeping on the path. (Thank you, Lord, for purgatory.) There are only two options: sainthood and the other. I don’t want to be the other.

 

[redrosetea]

Isn’t an aura a New Age thing?

no it is not

an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

 

[Jacafamala]

My Grandmother and Auntie went to visit Padre Pio, and to hear him say Mass. To them he seemed just like anyone else.

 

[redrosetea]

My Grandmother and Auntie went to visit Padre Pio, and to hear him say Mass. To them he seemed just like anyone else.

That is interesting…Did they chat with him at all or just hear him say mass?

I listened to a special about him and it said sometimes her could take 4 hrs to say mass…I have never heard of that before…I wondered if it was correct?..How could mass take 4 hrs?

 

[dixibehr]

How could mass take 4 hrs?<<

It’s possible.

The Easter Vigil in Rome took better part of three hours.

Patriarch Alexis II (memory eternal) celebrated fully in the Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, and it took 7 hours.

St. John of Kronstadt, a priest not unlike Padre Pio, took several hours for his daily Liturgy.

 

[Susan_Calvin]

I met Mother Teresa when I was a child. I was one of the poor whom her order serves, as I have mentioned in another thread. I was not Catholic, and I was a child also, so I had no preconceived notions of what she might be like. To be honest, I had no idea who she was other than she was “Mother” and was the leader of the Sisters. I don’t feel comfortable going into the details of how or why, but I spent about 20 minutes alone with her while she talked to me and basically took care of me, together with one other Sister.

She seemed much like one of the other sisters, excepting that she was old. I remember thinking she was very strong, as when she hugged me her grasp was very tight. I was offered red tea to drink, and I made a face at it, so she agreed with me that it looked a funny color and told me not to drink it. She was one of those people who, for lack of a better word, is extremely easy to be with. I felt very comfortable and trusting of her immediately, which was a rare thing for me as a child. I would have told her anything she asked without fear.

Later on, I asked the other sisters where Mother was because I wanted to see her again, and I was disappointed when they told me she had left. I wrote a letter to her. She remembered me and answered my letter! It was a huge thrill for a poverty-stricken kid who never got mail. I still didn’t really grasp who she was, but it made me feel important that the “boss” of the Sisters was writing to me. After my mother died I wrote her another letter which she also answered. I treasure both letters, I now keep the originals in a safety deposit box at the bank.

I have sometimes felt or suspected that she is watching over me and has helped me to successful in my life. I rarely talk about it but I assume this is a safe place to share that info without being called crazy!

It blows my mind that she is becoming a saint and I KNEW HER. I’m not sure about an “aura” or presence, but I was definitely attracted to her immediately, I really liked her. She was ordinary, but in an extraordinary way, if that makes any sense.

 

[redrosetea]

How could mass take 4 hrs?<<

I understand the Easter vigil taking this long, but it sounded to me like they were speaking of daily mass…Of course I could be wrong, but if it was it must have been a private mass, not many people would be able to set through 4 hrs in one setting

 

[redrosetea]

I met Mother Teresa when I was a child. I was one of the poor whom her order serves, as I have mentioned in another thread. I was not Catholic, and I was a child also, so I had no preconceived notions of what she might be like. To be honest, I had no idea who she was other than she was “Mother” and was the leader of the Sisters. I don’t feel comfortable going into the details of how or why, but I spent about 20 minutes alone with her while she talked to me and basically took care of me, together with one other Sister.

She seemed much like one of the other sisters, excepting that she was old. I remember thinking she was very strong, as when she hugged me her grasp was very tight. I was offered red tea to drink, and I made a face at it, so she agreed with me that it looked a funny color and told me not to drink it. She was one of those people who, for lack of a better word, is extremely easy to be with. I felt very comfortable and trusting of her immediately, which was a rare thing for me as a child. I would have told her anything she asked without fear.

Later on, I asked the other sisters where Mother was because I wanted to see her again, and I was disappointed when they told me she had left. I wrote a letter to her. She remembered me and answered my letter! It was a huge thrill for a poverty-stricken kid who never got mail. I still didn’t really grasp who she was, but it made me feel important that the “boss” of the Sisters was writing to me. After my mother died I wrote her another letter which she also answered. I treasure both letters, I now keep the originals in a safety deposit box at the bank.

I have sometimes felt or suspected that she is watching over me and has helped me to successful in my life. I rarely talk about it but I assume this is a safe place to share that info without being called crazy!

It blows my mind that she is becoming a saint and I KNEW HER. I’m not sure about an “aura” or presence, but I was definitely attracted to her immediately, I really liked her. She was ordinary, but in an extraordinary way, if that makes any sense.

It makes a great deal of sense, and you were a chld and unchurched so you wouldn’t have had any idea about saints, but you felt her goodness…I feel this when I listen to people such as Bishop Sheen, Mother Angelica, Fr Groeschel, and Fr Ho Lung just to name a few

 

[danonwaveland]

I met Mother Teresa when I was a child. I was one of the poor whom her order serves, as I have mentioned in another thread. I was not Catholic, and I was a child also, so I had no preconceived notions of what she might be like. To be honest, I had no idea who she was other than she was “Mother” and was the leader of the Sisters. I don’t feel comfortable going into the details of how or why, but I spent about 20 minutes alone with her while she talked to me and basically took care of me, together with one other Sister.

She seemed much like one of the other sisters, excepting that she was old. I remember thinking she was very strong, as when she hugged me her grasp was very tight. I was offered red tea to drink, and I made a face at it, so she agreed with me that it looked a funny color and told me not to drink it. She was one of those people who, for lack of a better word, is extremely easy to be with. I felt very comfortable and trusting of her immediately, which was a rare thing for me as a child. I would have told her anything she asked without fear.

Later on, I asked the other sisters where Mother was because I wanted to see her again, and I was disappointed when they told me she had left. I wrote a letter to her. She remembered me and answered my letter! It was a huge thrill for a poverty-stricken kid who never got mail. I still didn’t really grasp who she was, but it made me feel important that the “boss” of the Sisters was writing to me. After my mother died I wrote her another letter which she also answered. I treasure both letters, I now keep the originals in a safety deposit box at the bank.

I have sometimes felt or suspected that she is watching over me and has helped me to successful in my life. I rarely talk about it but I assume this is a safe place to share that info without being called crazy!

It blows my mind that she is becoming a saint and I KNEW HER. I’m not sure about an “aura” or presence, but I was definitely attracted to her immediately, I really liked her. She was ordinary, but in an extraordinary way, if that makes any sense.

What an absolutely wonderful story! Thank you so much for sharing that!

I saw St. Mother Teresa about 30 years ago, when she spoke to a small crowd in a Chicago high school. In retrospect, I am shocked at the small size of the audience. I was a cynical 20+ year old and so listened half-heartedly. However, I do recall that she was a strong figure and she suggested – rather strongly – that it would be a good idea for nuns to return to their old habits (their type of dress, not things they do ). As there were some “modern” nuns in the audience, there was half-hearted applause. However, I am glad I was there, but sad that I did not appreciate or recognize the gift of her presence.

I also recall attending the JPII Papal Mass in downtown Chicago. Returning to the train after the mass was finished, I saw His Holiness riding down a street in the Popemobile. There were only a few people on that street, as it was not part of the formal parade route. He was standing and, as the car drove by, looked directly at me with a broad smile and those twinkling eyes. I shall not forget that. (He’s not a canonized saint, but I suspect he will be.)

God bless,
Dan

 

[Jacafamala]

That is interesting…Did they chat with him at all or just hear him say mass?

I listened to a special about him and it said sometimes her could take 4 hrs to say mass…I have never heard of that before…I wondered if it was correct?..How could mass take 4 hrs?

I don’t know… My grandmother and great Aunt Grace were Irish American (God rest their souls). Aunt Grace could speak a few words of Italian; she married an Italian American. So she may have said something to him. They were close enough to Padre Pio to see the stigmata.

Susan_Calvin, what an amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

 

[puzzleannie]

no but the report of our family miracle (healing my brother of a severe life-threatening mastoid infection) which we attribute to the intercession of Fr. Solanus Casey, is one of hundreds or even thousands submitted to the postulator of his cause, and as a native Detroiter he is naturally the first saint I think of when in need, even though he died before I was born. Nobody who grew up there has any doubt he is a saint, recalling the days before the formal canonization process, when saints were made by popular acclaim of those who knew them in life.

My older brother knew Fr. John Hardon SJ in the last years of his life and was privileged to assist him in many ways, and owes his own conversion to this saintly priest, and our whole family owes him a debt of gratitude for many graces which flowed to us through this acquaintance.

MIL was part of local arrangements when Pope JP2 visited Chicago the first time and was part of an audience he gave for local leaders, and typical for her, when my then 2 yr old DD needed the bathroom, MIL dragged her to the place reserved for the papal party when they were in Grant Park. Same lady while down here during his last visit to Mexico City and environs, had us take her over the border to the tourist shopping plaza on the other side so she could buy postcards and boast to her friends “I was in Mexico when the Pope was there.” Don’t know how she does it but she has met personally every Pope who served during her lifetime, and every bishop of every town she has ever lived in or visited.

and lastly I have met with Fr. Groeschel several times, in person and at conferences, and had a delightful small group encounter when he was here in the Valley last year, and their is no doubt this is contact with a saint in the making. Never met Mother Teresa, but hearing him talk about her is the next best thing.

 

[redrosetea]

no but the report of our family miracle (healing my brother of a severe life-threatening mastoid infection) which we attribute to the intercession of Fr. Solanus Casey, is one of hundreds or even thousands submitted to the postulator of his cause, and as a native Detroiter he is naturally the first saint I think of when in need, even though he died before I was born. Nobody who grew up there has any doubt he is a saint, recalling the days before the formal canonization process, when saints were made by popular acclaim of those who knew them in life.

My older brother knew Fr. John Hardon SJ in the last years of his life and was privileged to assist him in many ways, and owes his own conversion to this saintly priest, and our whole family owes him a debt of gratitude for many graces which flowed to us through this acquaintance.

MIL was part of local arrangements when Pope JP2 visited Chicago the first time and was part of an audience he gave for local leaders, and typical for her, when my then 2 yr old DD needed the bathroom, MIL dragged her to the place reserved for the papal party when they were in Grant Park. Same lady while down here during his last visit to Mexico City and environs, had us take her over the border to the tourist shopping plaza on the other side so she could buy postcards and boast to her friends “I was in Mexico when the Pope was there.” Don’t know how she does it but she has met personally every Pope who served during her lifetime, and every bishop of every town she has ever lived in or visited.

and lastly I have met with Fr. Groeschel several times, in person and at conferences, and had a delightful small group encounter when he was here in the Valley last year, and their is no doubt this is contact with a saint in the making. Never met Mother Teresa, but hearing him talk about her is the next best thing.

Solanus is wonderful. I use his relic when I pray, and I can tell just by listening to Fr Groeschel he is a saint…He has that something extra, and it shows

 

[allhers]

I met Mother Teresa when I was a child…

I have sometimes felt or suspected that she is watching over me and has helped me to successful in my life. I rarely talk about it but I assume this is a safe place to share that info without being called crazy!..

She was ordinary, but in an extraordinary way, if that makes any sense.

Well you could knock me over with a feather right now! Your other thread makes even more sense now, of course Mother has been praying for you all these years. Wow, your life truly has and will continue to be miraclous…

I think what you said about her is true of all those who are “Saintly” people…they are ordinary, but in an extraordinary way. Indeed!

While I haven’t met any canonized Saints, I have met quite a lot of those extraordinary people that I have no doubt will one day be Saints (or who are, but not necessarily canonized.) I totally agree about Mother Angelica, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, and many other of those holy people at EWTN. I did once stand just a couple of feet from Fr. John Corapi, but he was in a deep conversation with someone and so I eventually just walked away because it didn’t appear that their conversation was going to end anytime soon and I didn’t want to appear as though I were listening in to them without being a part of it. I have met Fr. Mitch and he blessed my miraclous medal that my son and his wife had given me for Christmas. (he too seemed to have that special holiness that you can “feel” or almost “see” around some of those saintly people.) I have been blessed to know many holy people in my life and am very grateful to God for them all.

 

[barb_finnegan]

I have seen two Popes-Paul VI and John Paul II. In 1976 I went to the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia with a busload of pilgrims from two Polish churches in my upstate NY hometown (I’m not one bit Polish, but a friend at the time invited me to go with her). The priest who led the group, I found out later, was a seminary classmate of Cardinal Wojtyla, who was the main celebrant and homilist at the Mass in the old Veterans Stadium in Philly. Everything was in Polish, but I remembered vividly Cardinal Wojtyla’s strong voice! We caught a glimpse of him when the procession re-formed at the end of the Mass. And in 1978, when he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s as John Paul II, I exclaimed [a few days later], “I know who he is-I saw him!”

I have also met Fr. Groeschel [three times], Fr. Corapi [twice-the second time I had a picture taken with him!], and Fr. Mitch Pacwa [once]. In 1998, I went on a group pilgrimage to EWTN and met Mother Angelica. When she walked into that studio [it was a few months after her lameness was cured], the audience went nuts!

I know that Paul VI and John Paul II are not ‘yet’ canonized…but that’s as close as I’ve gotten to anyone eligible for sainthood!

 

[danonwaveland]

I know that Paul VI and John Paul II are not ‘yet’ canonized…but that’s as close as I’ve gotten to anyone eligible for sainthood!

I don’t know if she will be canonized, but I can vouch that my wife is a saint, having put up with me for 27 years. (My nickname for her is “sunshine,” but she doesn’t have a nickname for me. If she did, it would probably be “purgatory.”) Does that count?

God bless,
Dan

 

[Malkin71]

I don’t know if she will be canonized, but I can vouch that my wife is a saint, having put up with me for 27 years. (My nickname for her is “sunshine,” but she doesn’t have a nickname for me. If she did, it would probably be “purgatory.”) Does that count?

God bless,
Dan

I met Josyp Terelya.

 

[withwind]

I met Mother Teresa when I was a child. I was one of the poor whom her order serves, as I have mentioned in another thread. I was not Catholic, and I was a child also, so I had no preconceived notions of what she might be like. To be honest, I had no idea who she was other than she was “Mother” and was the leader of the Sisters. I don’t feel comfortable going into the details of how or why, but I spent about 20 minutes alone with her while she talked to me and basically took care of me, together with one other Sister.

She seemed much like one of the other sisters, excepting that she was old. I remember thinking she was very strong, as when she hugged me her grasp was very tight. I was offered red tea to drink, and I made a face at it, so she agreed with me that it looked a funny color and told me not to drink it. She was one of those people who, for lack of a better word, is extremely easy to be with. I felt very comfortable and trusting of her immediately, which was a rare thing for me as a child. I would have told her anything she asked without fear.

Later on, I asked the other sisters where Mother was because I wanted to see her again, and I was disappointed when they told me she had left. I wrote a letter to her. She remembered me and answered my letter! It was a huge thrill for a poverty-stricken kid who never got mail. I still didn’t really grasp who she was, but it made me feel important that the “boss” of the Sisters was writing to me. After my mother died I wrote her another letter which she also answered. I treasure both letters, I now keep the originals in a safety deposit box at the bank.

I have sometimes felt or suspected that she is watching over me and has helped me to successful in my life. I rarely talk about it but I assume this is a safe place to share that info without being called crazy!

It blows my mind that she is becoming a saint and I KNEW HER. I’m not sure about an “aura” or presence, but I was definitely attracted to her immediately, I really liked her. She was ordinary, but in an extraordinary way, if that makes any sense.

wow, thank you so much for sharing this with us. It means a lot to me. I recently read a book about her called “Come, Be my Light!” - in this book, it contains many of her letters with her spiritual directors…an awesome book showing her love for God and people and her obedience and humility.