![]() 2) Her full religious name is Mary Angelica of the Annunciation She was born on Apin Canton, OH and was an only child. Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about this amazing woman: 1) Her birth name was Rita Antoinette Rizzo Yet, even though she was a public figure, there is so much about her life that isn’t well known. While we mourn the loss of this wonderful woman, let us also praise the Lord for what he accomplished through her! She was an incredible woman of God who helped lead many people closer to Jesus. Posted in Saints, Spirituality, The Pope, Uncategorized | Tagged Dorothy Day, Mother Angelica, Pope Francis, sainthood, universal call to holiness | Leave a replyĮnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Mother Angelica passed away at 5 p.m. We are all called to be great saints, don’t miss the opportunity.Ĭarmina Chapp is Associate Director of Online Theology Programs at Saint Joseph’s College. The grace of our baptism empowers us to be like Christ. This seems rather extraordinary (as those who dismissed Dorothy Day as such), but it is, in fact, what is expected of every baptized person. We must strive to unite our heart, mind, and will to that of Christ – to love as Christ loves, to think as Christ thinks, and to desire as Christ desires. But his communication with us is so personal, so “meant just for us”. His message is the same – God will not contradict himself. This is the beauty of relationship – each one is unique. Each of us is called to this intimate relationship with God. One who is sanctified possesses a yearning for God, an intimacy with God, perseverance in prayer, humility of heart, and a love for others. Thus we are all called to walk on the path of holiness, and this path has a name and a face: the face of Jesus Christ. Pope Francis tells us of the need for a relationship with God on this road to holiness.īeing holy is not a privilege for the few, as if someone had a large inheritance in Baptism we all have an inheritance to be able to become saints. In this intimate union, we are able to love perfectly as God loves. By perfectly holy, then, we mean intimately united to the Trinitarian God (the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit) so much so that there is a oneness of heart, mind and will. People are holy to the degree that they are united to God. Holiness depends on one’s relationship with God. They are made holy by God as a gift, and their efforts are their acceptance of, appreciation of, and cooperation in this gift. Saints are not holy by their own efforts. A saint is one who is made holy, or sanctified. All holiness comes from God, and it is given to humanity as a gift. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. “You have heard that it was said, `You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. And she wondered why all Christians didn’t feel the same way, why they all didn’t love their neighbor as themselves, and why they did not act on those feelings. She understood it as simply her duty as a Christian to care for the needs of her brothers and sisters. ![]() They are happy to call her a saint for serving the poor, because then they don’t have to, since they would never presume themselves to be that holy.īut Dorothy didn’t want her work with the poor to be dismissed as something extraordinary. Her remark is directed at those who see sainthood as something extraordinary that can then be dismissed by the average person as something out of reach. Yet, her attitude toward sainthood is exactly what makes her so relevant for us today in the post-Vatican II church. Indeed, there are those in the Catholic Worker Movement that she co-founded with Peter Maurin who do not support her cause for canonization, claiming she would not want it, and that the money spent on the process should be given to the poor. One of Dorothy Day’s better known quotes, some interpret it to mean that she didn’t think much of the saints and of sainthood in general.
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