Should We Strive To be Moral Saints? In the article‚ “Moral Saint’s” written by Susan Wolfe she states that the moral saint is‚ “One whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be.” I believe that for humans striving to be a moral saint is in a sense admirable‚ but should not be viewed as a realistic goal‚ in the sense that if not attained‚ one is deemed immoral or a failure. In class we had discussed Susan’s essay and talked about her
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I am a patriot because i fight for what i believe and i support our troops overseas. I am a patriot because i go to funerals of my family that have died fighting for our country at war. Every generation of my family has been in a branch of the part of the U.S. military. I plan on being the next. I am a patriot because every year my family donates to charities for poor families that have had losses in the military around christmas time. I am a patriot because every time i get a chance i do something
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went to. I volunteer at the child care center during the summer and Fantasia the Saturday before December. I also seem to find myself running back to Saint Therese. I admire how Saint Therese never lost faith in God‚ especially when times were tough. I admire how she never took no for an answer and had the courage to stand up for what she wanted. Saint Therese was never angry and vengeful towards others‚ she smiled and always sacrificed everything. I would be extremely fortunate if I received at least
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SAINT ELIZABETH of HUNGARY Widow (1207-1231) Elizabeth was the daughter of the just and pious Andrew II‚ king of Hungary‚ the niece of Saint Hedwig‚ and the sister of the virtuous Bela IV‚ king of Hungary‚ who became the father of Saint Cunegundes and of Saint Margaret of Hungary‚ a Dominican nun. Another of her brothers was Coloman‚ King of Galicia and prince of Russia‚ who led an angelic life amid the multiple affairs of the world and the troubles of war. She was betrothed in infancy to
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Saint Teresa of Avila once said “I shall mention some things that are necessary… The first of these is love for one another; the second is detachment from all created things; the third is true humility… all must be friends‚ all must be loved‚ all must be held dear‚ all must be helped‚” . A Doctor of the church‚ Saint Teresa of Avila greatly affected the Catholic Church. One of her major contributions is that she founded the Discalced Carmelites. Another is her teaching on prayer and books she wrote
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The “Propoganda of Saints in the Middle Ages” article‚ written by Esther Cohen‚ goes over many of the methods the Catholic Church employed to gain power over the people in Europe. Cohen goes through the middle ages by describing how the Catholic Church was spreading its faith; mainly through the use of propaganda. An Age of Faith took place between the fall of the Roman Empire and the discovery of America. Cohen describes how the in the early years of the church‚ martyred Christians rapidly assumed
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“The Doctor and the Saint” is Arundhati Roy’s introduction to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste. This introduction allows the readers to understand the history that caused the production of the speech Annihilation of Caste‚ which was prepared by Ambedkar for The Annual Conference of the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of Lahore‚ but never delivered due to the cancellation of the Conference by the Reception Committee. This reading is about the debate between two men‚ B.R. Ambedkar‚ a Dalit
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separate themselves according to which side they believed they were most devoted to. Colonials had to define themselves as either Loyalists to a distant king or Patriots to the land they lived in and loved. Aside from their differences‚ the Loyalists and the Patriots shared many similarities with one another. Both the Loyalists and the Patriots were culturally identical due to the fact that the majority of the colonists shared the same language‚ heritage‚ customs and religion. Both factions were descendants
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certain brother. When the most blessed man saw it‚ he was moved to pity and said: “Brother rabbit‚ come to me. Why did you allow yourself to be deceived like this?" And as Soon as the rabbit had been let go by the brother who held it‚ it fled to the saint‚ and‚ without being forced by anyone‚ it lay quiet in his bosom as the Safest place possible. After he had rested there a little while‚ the holy father‚ caressing it with motherly affection‚ released it so it could return free to the Woods. But when
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All Saints Day fell on a particularly scorching day that year. The towering church‚ brimming with squirming‚ sweaty‚ students had nearly exceeded its capacity. I watched from my seat‚ squished between two other fifth graders‚ as the other classes from Sts. Peter and Paul school filed in through the kaleidoscopic stained glass doors. The time had then come for the third graders to enter. On this special feast day‚ third graders were encouraged to dress as their patron saint which included sporting
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