Solidarity news and reflections of interest to the Passionist Family Heroes are people who do ordinary things-- care for the poor, speak the truth, reject evil, love God-- to an extraordinary degree. These men and women are so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of the greatness in ourselves. Throughout history these heroes-- lay and religious, male and female, Christian and non-Christian-- have stretched the very soul of humanity. These are figures gleaming in their holy causes who have lived in circumstances similar to ours and have shown us how to live with character, with courage, with passion for the right, the true, the holy. They hold a fire in their hearts bright enough to light the way for many. They stand on gilded stilts above the rest of their generation and become a sign for all generations. They are proof of possibility from ages past and a symbol of hope for ages yet to come. Their lives provoke and prod a critical measure of our own until it becomes clear that sanctity is simply a matter of living for the reign of God with conscience, with voice, and with authenticity now. —from A Fire in Their Hearts: 2016 Joan Chittister Calendar. Image: KONSTANTIN AKIMOV iStock
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