Great Catholic Saints. What can they teach us?

Pope Francis 00120 Vatican City Italy. 21 st July 2021. Dear Pope   Francis 1 Tim 3:15 “I want you to know how people ought to behave in God’s household- that is, in the Church of the living God, pillar and support of the truth.” I can scarcely believe that I would consider writing a letter to the Pope as I’m a 70 year Irishman who hasn’t always been the best at practicing my faith. But I thank God that I was rescued from my own stupidity by the mercy of God. I am bewildered at the state of our world and the awful state of our Church which is the one true Church outside of which salvation is not possible. But sadly we do not portray our message as the one source of Grace to rescue a broken world. All of the issues that are wrong with our Church and its mission over the past 60 years have come into full blossoming in the past 16 months. The whole Covid situation has been handled so badly by the Church throughout the world and our world has become a hellish nightmare...

  Re; Covid-19, Lockdowns, mRNA so called vaccines, Great Reset and UN Agenda 2021 & 2030 Dear Bishop This is not an easy letter to write as it is a very strong message about the existential crisis of our world and the role you and your fellow Bishops globally have played in our world descending into Satanic chaos. It’s like the message of Jonah to Nineveh! The global crisis has deepened so dramatically since March 2020 but is merely a continuation of the destructive pattern in existence for over 100 years – Our Lady appeared in Fatima in 1917 and clearly there were massive problems in our world then! I and so many others are deeply concerned at the response of the Catholic Church leaders to the events which have destroyed our country, and our world, since March 2020. In brief your response as a follower of Jesus Christ and a successor to the Apostles could not have been more catastrophic or ham-fisted! There is absolutely nothing positive that could indicate any ability ...

  THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF SERVANT OF GOD JACQUES FESCH. -           And what we can learn from such a life story. “Great sinners make great Saints. God has big plans for you” - Servant of God Fr. John Hardon SJ. I really love every story of conversion because each one is unique just like all of our human stories. But what each one has in common is the glorious power of God to touch our lives in an instant and transform them sometimes instantly. In a meditation of the day in the Magnificat I came across a piece about Jacques Fesch who is now a Servant of God on a path possibly to Sainthood. Jacques was born in 1930 in France to a father who was an avowed atheist while the mother was at least nominally Catholic. He seemed to be a troublemaker from an early age, neglected his homework, disrupted classes and made mischief until he was eventually expelled. As he grew older, he did not improve, failed to practice any semblance of faith...

  GREAT SAINTS of HISTORY -          What their lives can teach us in these troubled times. -          Article written for Catholic Voice by Paddy Early(paddyearly@gmail.com). The history of our Catholic Church points to innumerable great Saints and Martyrs. In addition of course we also have innumerable very powerful holy people that have not been canonised by the Church but who very likely occupy very high places in the heavenly realm. Since Jesus came to earth through the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady the gold standard was set by the Holy Family. The simple truth is that every human being is called to be a Saint by seeking to live a life of great virtue in emulating the life of Jesus. Our Blessed Lady of course gave us the great example of doing the will of God in accepting the call by God to be the mother of Jesus the Saviour of the world. And of course Saint Joseph has always been a fan...