http://gracecatholic.net/archives/748 A Grace Catholic Project Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gracecatholic.net/archives/748/comment-page-1#comment-8121 Huw Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:25:12 +0000 http://gracecatholic.net/?p=748#comment-8121 Makes me think of (icons as??) baseball trading cards. The facts are not all that important in a real way: We tell these stories to honour the saints, yes... but we also tell them to spur ourselves on. I think it's important that we tell these stories for ourselves. I'm happy to hear all Christian communities (even the EOC) naming Saints from the last century - even the last 50 years. It helps to see the holy and heroic in one's own time, as well as in the distant past. Makes me think of (icons as??) baseball trading cards. The facts are not all that important in a real way: We tell these stories to honour the saints, yes… but we also tell them to spur ourselves on. I think it’s important that we tell these stories for ourselves. I’m happy to hear all Christian communities (even the EOC) naming Saints from the last century – even the last 50 years. It helps to see the holy and heroic in one’s own time, as well as in the distant past.

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