"If man places his certainty on the riches of this world he will not achieve the full meaning of life and true joy; if instead, in trusting God’s word, he renounces himself and his wealth for the Kingdom of Heaven, he seems to lose a lot, but in truth he earns everything". It was said yesterday morning by Benedict XVI during the sermon for the celebration of the canonisation of the bishop Rafael Guízar Valencia, the founder of the Congregation of the Salesian Nuns of the Sacred Hearts Filippo Smaldone, the founder of the Congregation of the Maestre Pie Venerini Rosa Venerini and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Providence Santa Maria “ad Nemus” (v.d. Saint Mary of the Woods) Théodore Guérin (Anne-Thérèse). "A Saint explained the Pope is precisely that man, that woman who, in responding with joy and generosity to Christ’s call, leaves everything to follow Him". "Like Peter and the other apostles, like Saint Theresa of Jesus whom we celebrate today and a multitude of other friends of God’s, the new Saints too he added have covered this exacting but rewarding evangelical journey and have received a hundredfold even in their worldly life. Along with trials and persecutions, and then eternal life". (to be continued)
