Thursday, March 20, 2014

What is a Saint? Who are Saint? Why Saint?

I've been tackling so much about saints but I haven't discussed why Roman Catholic have saints. Before adding more in my line-up of the virtuous people on my blog, I will discuss first what, who and why there are people who are honored as saints. According to Google, as noun, saint is: 1. a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death. 2. used in titles of religious saints "the epistles of Saint Paul". As verb, formally recognized as a saint; canonize. In the Catechism inculcated in us in The...