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Shining examples
“Through beatifications and canonizations, the Church gives thanks to God for the gift of her children who responded generously to divine grace.  She honors and invokes them as intercessors.  At the same time, she presents these shining examples for the imitation of all the faithful, called through baptism to holiness, which is the proposed goal for every state in life.  By their existence, the saints and blesseds bear witness to Christ, his person, his doctrine.  They remain closely united to him and thus become a living illustration of one aspect or another of the perfection of the Divine Master”.
Benedict XVI, December 17, 2007

How do we honor and celebrate the saints?
Mother Scholastica suggested a way to evaluate whether the celebration of the patron saint of one sister, that is, Saint Peter: “Did you ask him for his apostolic zeal? His ardent love for Jesus?  Have a holy ambition to compete with him in love, since you must honor him in this way.  He is very pleased with this contest since it brings great glory to God.  Joyfully love your good Savior.  Bear with something for him whom you encounter daily, and make prayer the breath of your soul”.
Mother M. Scholastica Rivata

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One step forward and a demanding examination for Mother Scholastica

The process for the Cause has reached the moment in which the Positio super vitutibus (deposition on the virtues) of the Servant of God Mother Scholastica Rivata is consigned to the Theologians for examination.  The volume of the Positio will be sent to nine Theological Consultants of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.  Each one of them will express his own votum (evaluation).  After the scheduled study time and the written formulation of the votum, which requires several months, the “Theological Congress” will be held.  The report of the Theological Congress, edited by the General Promoter of the Faith, will then be consigned for scrutiny by the Session of Cardinals and Bishops who are members of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.  The Cardinal Prefect will then relay the conclusions to the Supreme Pontiff for the final decision and the publication of the decree on the “heroic virtues”.  At this point, if the outcome is positive, the Servant of God is called Venerable.
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