WHAT IS HOLINESS?
Today in St. Peter’s at the Vatican Pope Francis will canonize two new Saints. Two more saints. Two additional examples. One of them, a lay person, Atemide Zatti was a Male nurse who though could not continue with his call to become a priest, devoted himself to the sick in Argentina. The other one is Giovanni Scalabrini, bishop of Piacenza who founded the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo. He promoted devotion to the Eucharist and the Apostolate of the Catechism. What does it mean to be a saint? From the etymology, a saint means a holy person. St. Atemide Zatti Recently, I listened to a homily by His Grace Mario Delphini, the Archbishop of Milan, that he had preached during the feast of St. Josemaria Escriva, this year. I thought it was beautiful, a wonderful exposition on Sanctity, so I translated it into English for my friends who might be interested. While translating I might have omitted or added some words to make sense of the speech. Archbishop Delphini " At any cost.