Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints Sunday, including a 19th-century priest whose work with leprosy patients on a Hawaiian island has been hailed by U.S. President Barack Obama as inspiring those helping AIDS sufferers in today's world.The pontiff said the newly canonized had given of themselves totally without "calculation or personal gain."
"Their perfection, in the logic of a faith that is humanly incomprehensible at times, consists in no longer placing themselves at the center, but choosing to go against the flow and live according to the Gospel," Benedict said in his homily.
Among those
in Rome for the canonization are two priest from our diocese who were named after, now, St. Damien. They are our own Fr. Damien Wee and Fr. Damien Cook from St. Peter's. As mentioned in the bulletin, it's a great day to invoke the help fo St. Damien.Hopefully Fr. Wee will have some pictures and stories to share with us.
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