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Offline Nishant

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How St.Alponsus converted a Muslim.
« on: January 19, 2012, 06:53:39 AM »
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    • A reminder to us all of those who took seriously the Lord's admonition, "Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect." Courtesy Dr.Taylor Marshall.

    "Saint Alphonsus Liguori is one of the thirty-three doctors of the Church and is the patron of Moral Theology. In fact, Saint Alphonsus' Theologia Moralia is to moral theology what Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa theologiae is to dogmatic theology.

    His biography is stunning. Here are a few examples of his sanctity. He made a solemn vow to God that he should never waste a minute of his life on pain of mortal sin! In contemporary terms, if he spaced out and played minesweeper or solitaire, he'd have to rush off to confession for breaking a solemn vow. He promised every moment for the salvation of souls. He founded the Redemptorist order with great struggle. His confessors said that he never committed a mortal sin from baptism until his holy and peaceful death.

    Saint Alphonsus received his license to practice jurisprudence at the age of 16. Imagine paying a 16 year old to represent you in court. Yet Alphonsus was one of the most sought after lawyers in Naples at that time.

    Sometime between the age of 16 and 20, a wonderful event happened in his life. His family employed a Muslim servant in their household. Having lived in close quarters with Alphonsus and having observed his daily routine, the Muslim asked to be baptized into the Catholic Faith. When asked why, the Muslim servant answered, "A religion which produces virtue like his cannot but be the true one.

    This should teach us that it is sanctity that converts the unbelieving heart to Christ.

    Saint Alphonsus Liguori, pray for us."

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    How St.Alponsus converted a Muslim.
    « Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 06:23:50 PM »
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    • Yes, if we want to convert thousands like the saints, we must be like the saints, in virtue.

    Rather than looking too much to achieve things through external factors, if we have enough virtue and purity before God, -then- truly good things can be achieved. And it will be that same virtue before God that helps others to do anything truly good.
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    Sincerely,

    Shin

    'Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra. . . Fulcite me floribus.' (The flowers appear on the earth. . . stay me up with flowers. Sg 2:12,5)'-
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