Comments on: St. Vincent and Hagiography http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/09/st-vincent-and-hagiography/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:49:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Clara http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/09/st-vincent-and-hagiography/comment-page-1/#comment-7572 Clara Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:22:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/09/st-vincent-and-hagiography/#comment-7572 Though it hasn't inspired many comments, I think this is a fascinating topic... how does one capture the life of a saint faithfully? Hagiography shouldn't function just as a stick to remind us of how far we far short. Rather, it should provide inspiring examples to help us to improve ourselves, and to give us hope that improvement is genuinely possible.<BR/><BR/>One of the delightful things about the saints is that their personalities and backgrounds are so diverse. So the trick to hagiography is to figure out what unique and special thing each saint contributed to that lovely mosaic, and to bring it out. This is more easily said than done, obviously. But it remains oddly true that some saints inspire us in the ways they are like ourselves (except perhaps better) and others inspire for the ways they are different. And it seems to me that both sorts of account are of inestimably value to us. Though it hasn’t inspired many comments, I think this is a fascinating topic… how does one capture the life of a saint faithfully? Hagiography shouldn’t function just as a stick to remind us of how far we far short. Rather, it should provide inspiring examples to help us to improve ourselves, and to give us hope that improvement is genuinely possible.

One of the delightful things about the saints is that their personalities and backgrounds are so diverse. So the trick to hagiography is to figure out what unique and special thing each saint contributed to that lovely mosaic, and to bring it out. This is more easily said than done, obviously. But it remains oddly true that some saints inspire us in the ways they are like ourselves (except perhaps better) and others inspire for the ways they are different. And it seems to me that both sorts of account are of inestimably value to us.

]]> By: hilary http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/09/st-vincent-and-hagiography/comment-page-1/#comment-7573 hilary Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/09/st-vincent-and-hagiography/#comment-7573 Things in the League are under development. Be patient.<BR/><BR/>HJW Things in the League are under development. Be patient.

HJW

]]> By: Iosephus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/09/st-vincent-and-hagiography/comment-page-1/#comment-7574 Iosephus Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/09/st-vincent-and-hagiography/#comment-7574 Crave, indeed! Such a covetousness as must be shriven even weekly Crave, indeed! Such a covetousness as must be shriven even weekly

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