Ordinary people
with extraordinary virtues
- THE SAINTS -
In this section we want to learn more about those brave people who chose to live to serve, to love, and to spend their lives helping others. And so, by giving up their lives for others in need THEY EARNED THE ETERNITY.
We are going to talk about those who chose to go through the narrow door, who accepted their identity as children of God and lived to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth.
If we want to be able to live with our eyes in Heaven and our feet on Earth, there is no better way to do it than taking who have already done it as examples.
- Our allies to earn HEAVEN -
"If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But you are not of the world, I have chosen you from the world."
Jn. 15, 19
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta
"For love to be authentic, it must cost us "
1910 - 1997
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Founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
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She dedicates her life to helping the poor, orphans, sick, and dying.
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In 1979 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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She is the protagonist of the fastest beatification process in history.
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Mainly 2 miracles are recognized.
"Be saints because I am a saint "
1 Peter 1:16
Saint John Paul II
"Remember the past with gratitude , live the present with passion and open yourself with hope to the future . "
1920 - 2005
· Creator of the World Youth Day (WYD) in 1985.
· He had a great love for young people.
· He was elected Pope on October 16, 1978.
· He was called the "Traveling Pope" : he was the Pope who made the most trips (adding up to 129 countries).
· He was the Pope who canonized the most blessed and saints (1,340 and 483 respectively).
· He asked for forgiveness on behalf of the church for human faults committed in the Catholic Church throughout its history.
· His beatification was the fastest in modern times.
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Saint Mary Magdalene
"Oh how sweet it is to regain innocence , through the tears of repentance and love!"
-Her Feast Day is on July 22-
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She was healed by Jesus: "He was accompanied by the twelve and some women who had been cured of diseases and evil spirits: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out." (Lk 8: 1-2).
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She housed and materially provided for Jesus and his disciples during their preaching in Galilee.
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She was present with Mary, the mother of Jesus, other women, and the beloved disciple during the crucifixion of Jesus.
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She was present at the grave and saw where Jesus was being laid.
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She was the first witness of the resurrection, and she communicated the news to Peter and the other apostles.
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She was an eyewitness to an apparition of the risen Jesus.