To my family and friends, blessings and best wishes on this Solemnity of All Saints:
In the spirit of honoring Christ in the communion of believers through the communion of saints (to whom we are all connected), I'd thought I share some short yet poignant insights I came across in a back issue of St. Anthony Messenger Press' "Catholic Update" regarding the gifted-vision of the saints for the third millenium of the Church. The article of the aforementioned back issue, entitled "SAINTS: Holy and Human" by Michael D. Guinan, O.F.M., contains a short section on "Six Saints for the New Millennium" (see http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac1098.asp#F1 ) and their gifts for the Church of the new millenium, which are adapted and cited below... -From St. Francis of Assisi: "Francis' love and respect for all of creation, as well as his example as peacemaker." -From St. Martin de Porres: "Martin's example of universal love. He is the patron saint of interracial justice and harmony. He inspires the Church to open the ranks of sainthood to a wider ethnic diversity." -From Pope Bl. John XXIII: "John's confidence in the Spirit, evidenced by his calling the Second Vatican Council." -From St. Catherine of Siena: "Catherine's skills of conciliation among groups." -From St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: "Elizabeth Ann's witness to an authentic American spirituality in a land where temporal prosperity threatens to extinguish it." -From Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta: "Teresa's special love and care for 'the poorest of the poor.'" Pax Vobiscum, Ryan Ignatius Pratt "In essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity." --Pope Bl. John XXIII "Inside each of you is a hero. And so I leave, knowing that a world full of heroes has nothing to fear." --Superman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com "[M]y ministry is that of servus servorum Dei." --Pope John Paul II (Ut Unum Sint, no. 88) "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it." --Matthew 16:18 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pope-John-Paul-II/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pope-John-Paul-II/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
