In his beautiful treatment of the resurrection in the Summa theologiae, Thomas Aquinas writes that one of the reasons why Christ had to rise from the dead is to “confirm our faith in his divinity” (ST IIIa, q. 53, a. 1) Christ’s resurrection—and his prior raising of Lazarus—are miracles that
The temptation to normalize sanctity comes from a good place. Relatable saints can be imitated. We have a desire to open whatever is the Catholic equivalent of US Weekly’s “Stars—They’re Just Like Us” and see St. Francis of Assisi watering his garden (while suffering from the stigmata). St. Ignatius of
“There is No Bomb in Here” Harold B. Lee served as First Counselor to Joseph Fielding Smith in the First Presidency (1970–72), back in the days when General Conference was held in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. As one General Conference convened, the City Commissioner of Public Safety received a