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Saints
The saints: heroes of the Church
We all need people to look up to; people whose lives embody ideals we hold important and strive to emulate. Every form of human community has heroes. In Australian society, football stars are an obvious example. The Australia Day Honours List awards the outstanding achievements of our citizens. The Church community, too, is full of heroes and heroines.
From the earliest days, it honoured the Apostles and the Christian martyrs who witnessed to their faith in Jesus even to the point of death. From generation to generation, the Church has continued to add to this list particular men and women, holding them up as examples of what it means to live a Christlike life, so that we can learn from them and imitate their qualities.*
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*From: "15. The Communion of Saints." Published by Catholic Enquiry Centre. Copyright © 1994, The Australian Episcopal Conference of the Roman Catholic Church.
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