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Written by Bobot Apit   
Monday, 08 June 2009 05:28
S aints, not all of them canonized, exemplify the shining lives of good deeds that lead others to God as today’s gospel urges. We can draw our clues for daily living from them.

2 Corinthians 1:18-22
Psalm 119:129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135

M atthew 5:13-16  "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything  except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. (14) "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. (15) Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. (16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
   

* Meditation by Eileen Wirth
 

Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.



I’ve always pitied Christians whose traditions deprive them of a close connection with the saints. Saints, not all of them canonized, exemplify the shining lives of good deeds that lead others to God as today’s gospel urges. We can draw our clues for daily living from them. Plus saints can be very cool people!!!!

My own fascination with saints began in 3rd grade with a book called “Little Queen,” a biography of St. Therese of Lisieux, I must have read it 25 times. St. Therese followed her “little way” of offering God small daily deeds since she couldn’t do great things, just like us.

I can still see the nuns holding up pictures of saints during “saint quizzes,” especially gruesome images like St. Stephen being stoned or St. Sebastian with the arrows in his chest. Those were big hits on our playground. However since stoning is out of style in the U.S., here are a few favorite saints whose example I call on:

            •Pope John XXIII, that wondrous human being whose love for all God’s people cut through centuries of religious hostilities. I think of Pope John when I start demonizing someone with whom I disagree.

            •St. Ignatius, who teaches us to find God in all things and to live as women and men for others in order to win the world for God. I love knowing that everything in life can become a prayer.

            •Mother Theresa who taught us to turn our daily lives into “something beautiful for God” through reaching out to those in need in our communities.

            •St. Thomas More, that “man for all seasons” who goads us to maintain the courage of our convictions even if there’s a heavy price.

Of course who could live without the “Peace Prayer” of St. Francis of Assisi? What mother doesn’t identify with Martha (I always liked her better than Mary)? And who could raise a family without help from the busiest guy in heaven, St. Anthony?

Here are two terrific books about saints, both devoid of pietistic hagiography: “Saint Watching,” by Phyllis McGinley and “My Life with the Saints” by James Martin S.J. Happy reading!
              P.S. Share your favorite saints with me or recommend any great saint books.


Supplementary Reading
Believe the Best

Love is patient, love is kind. – 1 Corinthians 13:4



I recall an article that appeared in Psychology Today reporting the results of a study they did on trust. Researchers investigated how trust affects human development and character. And believe it or not, the researchers concluded that trusting people are rarely taken advantage of.

I'm guessing the reason trusting people are seldom deceived may be related to this psychological truth: I am not what I think I am; I am not what you think I am; I am what I think you think I am.

People tend to become the person they think you imagine them to be. It's a form of self-fulfilling prophecy. So if you believe the best about a bad person and keep believing it, more often than not, that person will become the good person you believed them to be. It's tough to do, but it really works!



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How trusting are you? How has your ability to trust affected your relationships? With kindness and patience, give someone you've had a difficult time trusting the benefit of the doubt today.

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Note: This excerpt was taken from the "Power for Life Daily Devotional"



GOD BLESS US ALL!

PRAY as if everything depended on HIM. ACT as if everything depended on YOU.





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