Some thoughts about “heroic” virtue
A few days ago something interesting happened in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Bp. Robert Finn, may God grant him many and happy years, officially opened the canonical process, the cause of Servant of God Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey, a French nun who was a key figure in the recovery of Mary’s house at Ephesus.
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This is the first step in a long process, which resembles the stages of a trial. All manner of evidence is gathered, including documents, testimonies, etc., a case is made, and then presented for the scrutiny of canonists, theologians and other experts.
What are they trying to prove? Initially that Sr. Marie lived a life of “heroic virtue”.
“But Father! But Father!”, some of you are about to say. “Heroic virtue? Really? How can any of us aspire to such a thing! That’s sounds terribly difficult!”
It isn’t easy, but it is possible.
We are all called to be saints. God wouldn’t ask something of us that isn’t possible. And when He asks things that are hard, He also provides the means and the occasions. Even in your suffering, for example, or your obscurity, you can serve Him. God knew you before the creation of the material universe. He called you into being now, in this world. Of all the possible worlds God could have created, He createdthis world, into which you would be born. He has a plan and purpose your you, if you will embrace it.
Back to the cause and back to “heroic” virtue.
Perhaps we should spend just a moment on what “heroic” virtue is all about. It sounds rather dramatic and, frankly, unattainable by most people.
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