Saints/Blesseds?

[justbeinfrank]

My understanding is that a saint is someone who is in Heaven.

What is a blessed? Do we know for sure that a blessed is in Heaven? If so, then what’s with the dichotomy between saint and blessed? If not, why isn’t one miracle good enough to be considered a saint? If they’re working even one miracle, isn’t that proof enough?

Cheers,
Frank

 

[Marie]

justbeinfrank:

My understanding is that a saint is someone who is in Heaven.

What is a blessed? Do we know for sure that a blessed is in Heaven? If so, then what’s with the dichotomy between saint and blessed? If not, why isn’t one miracle good enough to be considered a saint? If they’re working even one miracle, isn’t that proof enough?

Cheers,
Frank

Here is some good information about it. Hope that helps.

 

[Bill_A]

Blessed people are going through the cannonization program and Saints have gone through it and are canonized.

There is a good point in the article posted that people must wait 5 years after they died. For example if we waited 5 years after the Pope died, we might more clearly examine his life. To see if anything he did was ordinary or extraordinary.

 

[serendipity]

Seems like some people are “blessed” forever. Like Kateri Takakwitha. I remember visiting a shrine for American matrys in Auriesvllie, NY (I think that was how the spelled it) as a child ans she was blessed then and still seems to be only blessed now.