Saints and Their Spiritual Teachings

A saint is declared after a second miracle.

The spirituality of Therese of Lisieux, it means doing little things with great love for God.

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<p>Saints</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Show respect</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was known for his radical actions, embracing voluntary poverty, love for animals and the poor, and receiving the stigmata.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was known as a patron saint for those who fear lightning and educators.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Little Flower</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dentists and dentistry</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trappist</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Peace</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Seven Storey Mountain</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Merton was born in France in 1915, his mother was American</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Committing suicide</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Philosophy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shocked</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Writing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>While on a trip to Bangkok, he slipped on the way out of the shower, grabbed a fan, and was electrocuted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People who feel imperfect (everybody)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He knew his faults (he complained too much)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>His prayerfulness, his understanding that writing must be done for God, his holiness, his serious approach to religious life, his willingness to challenge people, his spiritual mastery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>We can be flawed, be ourselves, and still be holy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;To be a saint is to be yourself&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;Together we will do something beautiful for God.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Missionaries of Charity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sick and dying</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1910</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Loretto Sisters</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Calcutta, India, teaching young girls</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He told her to work with “the poorest of the poor.”</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Street people</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>God's presence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He sees her caring for the poor and sick and says, &quot;When you wives and daughters agree to do this we will shut it down.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She felt that she was abandoned by God, or that he does not exist.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The figure of Christ on the cross and the poor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is more like our lives than we think</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He bathed the old men and clipped their toenails.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As someone who is beautiful and deserves dignity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In his most distressing disguise</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A poor, dirty, smelly street person who is dying of throat cancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tough/strong</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Find your own Calcutta</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>We are all called to be saints in our own way</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continue on with our Christian call</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nobel Peace Prize</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abortion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;How can you love God, who you don’t see if you don’t love your neighbor who you see?&quot; &quot;I was hungry, not only for bread but for love.&quot; &quot;I was naked, nakedness is the loss of the human dignity of the child of God.&quot; &quot;I was homeless, homelessness is a throwaway of society, unwanted and unloved. Many people are a throwaway of society.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A soup kitchen in Manhattan, guests are served like a restaurant. There are no pictures once the meal starts because it helps protect privacy and treats people with dignity and respect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Catholic Worker Movement includes a newspaper called &quot;The Catholic Worker,&quot; which is priced at a penny. It was started by Dorothy Day and her coworker, Peter Maurin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She was born in 1897 and dropped out of college to become a journalist and activist.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She lived a bohemian lifestyle when she was younger, got pregnant and had an abortion so the guy won't leave her, got dumped anyway, had a great sense of humor, lived with a fellow radical and got pregnant again. She converted to Catholicism at age 30 and turned to God at the happiness at the birth of her daughter. She broke off with the baby's father and found solace in the teachings of the Catholic Church.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She wrote for socialist newspapers, protested against WWI &amp; II, and for women’s suffrage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She believed she absolutely had to take care of people's immediate needs (charity), used non-violent means of protest, refused to pay taxes (used for military), was an extreme pacifist, and against conscription (the draft)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She wanted to do away with banks, and replace them with credit unions, interest, financial aid, and possession of goods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She is a Servant of God - a candidate for sainthood recognition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Long Loneliness</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It means &quot;what am I going to do with my life?&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Determining what is our specific call in life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Greek word mathetes, which means &quot;apprentice&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ordained (bishops, priests, or deacons), members of the consecrated life (nuns &amp; monks), married or single lay members of the Church.</p> Signup and view all the answers