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Who is your favorite saint(s)????? Mine are St. Therese of the Child Jesus (my role model and patron saint, though she doesn't have the same name as me), St. Francis of Assisi, St. Elizabeth Anne Seton, St Joan of Arc, St. Maria Goretti (she is so extremely awesome and cool), and that's about it.
P.S.--To non-Catholics: Catholics do not worship saints. We honor the saints and worship God, because in honoring the chosen friends of God, we honor God himself. Also, we do not worship statues or images of anything. We merely honor the person that it represents.
submitted by Mary Jo, age 12, georgiaaaa
(March 11, 2009 - 1:34 pm)
(March 11, 2009 - 1:34 pm)
I believe that people who are christians are automatically a saint. :] So, uh, my mom and my dad and my brother, my best friend, and tons of other people are my favorite saints. ;P
(March 12, 2009 - 10:17 am)
We believe that all the souls in Heaven, known and unknown, are saints, including all those who have been cannonized (that means made a saint) by the pope. You could be a Christian who does really bad stuff, so Christians aren't automatically saints. The word "saint" means "marked by holiness" and "One of the departed in Heaven." So you wouldn't call a Christian who does bad stuff "marked by holiness." You could call someone saintly, because they are holy and devout Christians, but the actual saints are the ones who have died and are in Heaven. So now you see, Christians are not automatically saints until they are in Heaven.
(March 12, 2009 - 12:54 pm)
[quote]We believe that all the souls in Heaven, known and unknown, are saints, including all those who have been cannonized (that means made a saint) by the pope. You could be a Christian who does really bad stuff, so Christians aren't automatically saints. The word "saint" means "marked by holiness" and "One of the departed in Heaven." So you wouldn't call a Christian who does bad stuff "marked by holiness." You could call someone saintly, because they are holy and devout Christians, but the actual saints are the ones who have died and are in Heaven. So now you see, Christians are not automatically saints until they are in Heaven.[/quote]
That's what catholics believe. It is not however, what presbyterian's believe. We believe that when you become a christian that you become a saint. Not that when you die and go to heaven you become one. ;] Everyone sins...and we believe God forgives us of our sins (Even the 'really bad ones'), therefore wiping our slate clean....
(March 12, 2009 - 4:08 pm)
GloWorm,
I respect your opinion, but still strongly disagree. Yes, God forgives our sins, no matter what. However, in the Catholic Faith, there are different kinds of sins. As you know, we are born with the stain original sin, which was passed down by Adam and Eve. Original sin is washed away at Baptism, but we still posess an inclination to sin. Well, when we sin, it's normally a venial sin, which is a sin, but not a really bad one. If someone, for example, kills someone, we believe that's a mortal sin, because it is a horrible offense against the law of God. A mortal sin destroys your relationship with God until you go to confession. We believe that, if you commit a mortal sin especially, you have to go to confession, which is where the priest, through God, absolves you of your sins. So if you did something truly horrible, and were still a Christian, but not sorry for it, God would not forgive you, because you wouldn't be asking for forgiveness. Therefore, you would still not be a saint. Hopefully, we will strive to be saints to obtain Heaven, but will not be one until we get there. So we're not saints until you get to Heaven.
(March 12, 2009 - 6:20 pm)
I guess where just going to disagree no matter what on this subject. :]
(March 12, 2009 - 11:28 pm)
I smell a religious argument here. Maybe we should just accept that we all have different beliefs and not start one of these...okay?
(March 13, 2009 - 8:31 am)
Yeah, we're not really getting anywhere, so let's just drop it.
(March 13, 2009 - 12:19 pm)
Yes, I really don't want to get into an argument between the Christians and Catholics!!!!!!! That would be AWEFUL!!!!!!
(March 14, 2009 - 6:38 pm)
I can't agree more. ;) Although someday you will all convert to the Catholic faith.... I hope!!! :):) LOL
(March 16, 2009 - 8:29 pm)
OH yeah.... quick short correction: Catholics are Christian too. I think you mean between Protistents and Catholics.
(March 17, 2009 - 3:12 pm)
Well... anyways, we should probably say what our favorite Saint is now, because that is what this post is supposed to be about! :D:D:D My favorite Saint is St. Patrick. He is really interesting, and I love learning about him! yay!
(March 17, 2009 - 5:26 pm)
Yeah, political arguments are bad enough, and global warming? *shudders* But at least global warming is a matter of facts -- either it is true or it isn't. Religion is a matter of beliefs. What is true to someone may not be true to another.
(March 17, 2009 - 5:58 pm)
Sorry, I know you guys don't want to start on this, but I can't help it. (Don't get mad at me!! :) :) ) I've been thinking about this and, well, what you said isn't right. (Sorry!!!) Having a religon means that you believe it is TRUE to everyone. Like Heaven. I believe there is an after life with heaven, hell, and purgatory. I believe that when EVERYONE in the world dies, they will go to one of those places. It's not like only Catholics will ever be in purgatory because we're the only ones who believe in it. I believe it is true. I KNOW it is true. It's not just personal, because truth is not something personal. Truth is something that aplies to everyone. Let's say a long time ago someone was arguing about how they thought gravity was true. And the other person was saying it wasn't. The first person didn't have the ability to prove it at the time.
Yet gravity still applied to both. Just because one of them didn't believe in it didn't mean he could just float around like there was no gravity at all!! (Ok, bad example, but you get the point right??? :):) )
And if you want to go even deeper, then you can ask yourself what is truth? :):)
(March 22, 2009 - 2:40 pm)
OK so now I'll comment on what the thread is actually for... lol.
OK my favorite Saints are:
St. Bernadette
St. Catherine of Laubore (sorry can't spell that)
St. Maria Goretti
and St. Therese the Little Flower.
OK, MJ (doesn't that sound so cool?! ;) hee hee) have you heard of (deap breath cause I know I'll mess up her name!) St. Alexandrina da Costa. No that's not right but it's something like that.
(March 17, 2009 - 3:17 pm)
I'm not sure what saint you're talking about. The only person I can think of that sounds like that is St. Catherine of Alexandria. St. Therese and St. Maria are the BEST!!!!!!!!! There's this magazine called St. Maria's Messenger for Catholic girls. I asked for it for my b-day (which is in 6 days), but my mom told me they didn't make it anymore. I accidentely saw an email to her from St. Maria's Messenger that said "your order has been placed." Hmmmm..... I'm having second thoughts now. Maybe mom was mistaken. Hee-hee, but I know I'm getting it!
(March 18, 2009 - 7:22 am)