{"id":291,"date":"2018-05-23T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicacademynet.wordpress.com\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:31:54","slug":"saints","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/?page_id=291","title":{"rendered":"Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/prayers-and-devotions\/saints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USCCB &#8211; Saints<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<b>Title:<\/b> What is Stopping You from Becoming a Saint?<br>\n<b>Length:<\/b> 9:31\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-8JAnD6jvI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n<b>Description:<\/b> It may seem too difficult, or even unrealistic, to be a saint today. The reality is though, a saint is simply someone who has conformed their will to the Father\u2019s will rather than the spirit of the age. Fr. Mike mentions three popular mentalities that prevent us from becoming saints:\n\nOur hearts want instant gratification, while becoming like Christ is a process. Fr. Mike\u2019s advice is learn to love the process.\n\nWe like keeping our options open, but becoming a saint requires giving everything to Christ. \n\nWe lack a fighting spirit. A saint needs a willingness to fight the good fight, especially when the spiritual battle is hardest. \n\nFr. Mike makes it abundantly clear that the only thing preventing us from becoming a saint is ourselves, because God\u2019s grace is enough.\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<b>Title:<\/b> Do Catholics Worship Saints?<br>\n<b>Length:<\/b> 6:49\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3K9yGNPaIcA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n<b>Description:<\/b> Father Mike Schmitz wants to address some confusion regarding Catholics\u2019 veneration of saints. In this video, he explains how\u2014far from idolatry or paganism \u2014statues, paintings, and icons of the saints are reminders of what God can do in someone\u2019s life. Therefore, honoring the saints doesn\u2019t take away from the glory we give God. It actually brings him greater glory.\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<b>Title:<\/b> Canonizations: It Is Really Not Hard to Be a Saint<br>\n<b>Length:<\/b> 23:47\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQKJ-Gzw_rY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n<b>Description:<\/b> Sermon on the Feast of All Saints&#8217; Day on what is a saint?  Is canonization infallible?  Is it easy to be a saint?  For more please visit www.veritascaritas.com and please say 3 Hail Marys for the priest.\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<b>Title:<\/b> Why Ask Saints for Prayer? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham<br>\n<b>Length:<\/b> 6:27\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zYRSv-LtrH8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n<b>Description:<\/b> Why do we ask the saints to pray for us?\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USCCB &#8211; Saints Title: What is Stopping You from Becoming a Saint? Length: 9:31 Description: It may seem too difficult, or even unrealistic, to be a saint today. The reality is though, a saint is simply someone who has conformed their will to the Father\u2019s will rather than the spirit of the age. Fr. Mike&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/?page_id=291\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saints<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3724,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-291","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","with-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4611,"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291\/revisions\/4611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicacademy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}