Reviewed by Lucy Courlet de Vregille Is
sainthood out of our reach?
Not exact matches
Just off the top of my head, but perhaps Bono should get modern day
sainthood status, or at least a relevant prophet of - the - day award simply because his one statement â $ œI still havenâ $ ™ t found what Iâ $ ™ m looking forâ $... bets are heâ $ ™ s still searching even while heâ $ ™ s cranking
out more great tunes and attempting to alleviate a bit of the third world debt.
But even those who believe in the
Sainthood of John Paul II have to dismiss it as he would never condone a violent act let alone help carry one
out.
The shroud of turin is a great example, and I'm confident that the medical review panel that helped push pope - a-dope jpii towards
sainthood will turn
out to be church stooges.
These lives are an earnest of a life that may be lived one day by all the members of the church on earth, for
sainthood is not some half - legendary grace of the early church which died
out within a few centuries of the church's foundation.
(«The vanities of all others may die
out, but the vanity of a saint as regards his
sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.»
But take a couple of months of sleepless nights, a week without a shower, and an inconsolable baby in a Target aisle — and a parent should be nominated for
sainthood for not lunging at passers - by who feel the need to dole
out helpful hints.
In the meantime, Fiona battles it
out with a vindictive tenant; Lip cares for a down - and -
out Professor Youens; and Frank - miraculously - attains something resembling
sainthood.