![]() ![]() Hollywood's approach to its glitterati is similar. ![]() Olga who unleashed a bloodbath on her husband's assassins in the 9th century. Obscure saints with sordid pasts include St. Augustine are already legendary in the Church. He exposes the sins and crimes of dozens of canonized saints before divine grace intruded in their lives. '07 Mindszenty Report) follows in their footsteps. Craughwell's 2006 book, Saints Behaving Badly, (see Sept. ![]() This is in stark contrast to writers in the Middle Ages, who took a more candid approach to writing about the Church's heroes. Some writers make the canonized so holy that they appear more like plastic versions of real people. The hagiography of writing about the saints, even in today's cynical climate, tends to sanitize their lives so that they bear little resemblance to real people. Mother Teresa is just one step away from entering the Catholic Hall of Fame. The saints are the Church's spiritual athletes, who played the game of life with the practiced skills of faith, hope, and charity. Regarding the Church's canonized saints as the Catholic equivalent of electing a baseball player to its Hall of Fame is one sports analogy that seemed to have worked. Many have labored unsuccessfully for a proper analog. Writing a homily for All Saints Day can be a real challenge for a priest. ![]()
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