"It seems as though the saints are not like us.
"Saint Vincent Ferrer walked around with crowds announcing 'the miracles he wrought, from raising the dead to casting out demons to possessing a voice that could be heard for miles.' Saint Catherine of Siena can say that, at age seven, she vowed her life to God and made full on that promise. When attempting to compare ourselves to the saints, we identify at best with a pre-conversion Saint Augustine, or maybe a teenage Bl. Henry Suso who felt that 'if God only preserved him from weightier sins, which might tarnish his good name, there was no need to be over-careful about ordinary faults' (Conferences on Blessed Henry Suso, Fr. Clement Thuente, O.P.).
"So how do I go from young, prideful
Augustine to Saint Augustine? From half-hearted Henry, how do I become a
holy servant of God, the Eternal Wisdom? What did they do that I cannot
do? What did God give them that he has neglected to give me?"
In a recent commentary, Brother Thaddeus Pistrang, O.P., reflected on God gave thee saints gifts that we may not be meant to receive, but we have our own gifts and are "nonetheless made for heaven."
To access Br. Thaddeus' complete post, please visit:
Dominicana: Whether the Saints Are Different (8 MAR 22)
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