SEEN ANY SAINTS LATELY?
A couple of years ago I watched a film on TV telling the story of St. Teresa of Los Andes. As presented, she was so sweet and pure that I felt drawn to starting a personal devotion to her. A product of twentieth century Chile, she seems to provide a needed contrast to what today’s media have concocted and foisted on us as the typical image of young womanhood.
The other day I was watching on TV a choir of nuns singing accompaniment to a sacred liturgy. In the front row of the group of nuns was a devoted-looking youngish nun reminding me, for all the world, of my treasured impressions of the saint.
We never know how we might be impressing or striking people who see us (especially if we’re on television). This uplifting unexpected “vision” of a saint I consider a beautiful example of the directive given by St. Francis of Assisi — preach the Gospel (use words if necessary).
