Concept in Definition ABC

Religion: a person who is distinguished by his struggle in favor of others, by performing miracles and absolute commitment to faith

The concept that concerns us has a special use on the religious plane, its use being especially widespread in this context.
A Saint is that man, or woman, who has been distinguished by some tradition religious as a consequence of her alleged special relationships with the divinities and also for having been in life an example of dedication and solidarity towards his neighbor.

The reach and influence of a saint on many, many occasions, may even exceed the realm of his own religion when it acceptance from his morality he becomes universal. Some representative cases of this that we mentioned turn out to be without doubts Mother Teresa of Calcutta or Gandhi, who despite having represented and held a religious flag throughout their lives, as a consequence that their legacy was of such magnitude, they managed to transcend the barriers of beliefs and became saints, people distinguished to imitate and follow by any of the religions or spiritual beliefs that swarm the world. Because without a doubt, the saint is that admirable person and worthy of imitation, since in his behavior there is nothing to object, but on the contrary, he stands out for a

conduct impeccable.

Beatification and canonization, the path of the Catholic saint

In the Christian tradition it is considered that all humanity is called to be holy and to follow those who represent the example of belief, faithfulness and following of God. For Catholics the saints conform what is designated in their creed as Triumphant Church and they are those who have the mission of interceding before God for humanity, for the living beings that are on earth and for the deceased who are in Purgatory, the so-called Communion of saints. Christianity celebrates All Saints' Day on November 1 of each year.
Meanwhile, in the Catholic Church the formal recognition of a person as a saint or saint occurs once the judicial process called as canonization; Only the Pope, named after his sanctity, is the one who can determine the sanctity of the Catholic faithful.

Conditions of a religious or lay person to become a saint

The Catholic Church selects its saints based on several fundamental conditions, on the one hand the high level of perfection achieved in their earthly behavior; the performance of miracles is another point considered at the time of the canonization of a religious; and finally having died in favor of the religious cause is another reason, that is, if he died as a martyr. There are many religious people who in the past, and after having acted in difficult political and social contexts, had to pay for this strenuous struggle with their own lives.
For example, San Martín de Porres is one of the saints most venerated by the Catholic Church. He enjoys the uniqueness of having been the first saint mulatto of America and in addition to its modestyHis tireless work in favor of the welfare of the poor and the miracles attributed to him is that the Church beatified him and then canonized him.

Once someone is proclaimed holy, he will be an object of worship and he will begin to be considered as an intermediary of God and will be able to grant requests to the faithful who pray to him. Normally, the faithful establish holy places to venerate them and they usually have a very intimate spatial relationship with the saint.

On the other hand, in Buddhism, since it does not have a concept like that of God, which religion does present Christian, that individual enlightened or close to enlightenment and love will be called a saint universal.

Another quite recurrent use of the word saint is as a qualifying adjective to indicate the direct relationship between God and some things; so there are holy places, holy texts, holy word.

Something sacred

What we consider bleeding for us is also often referred to as holy. "My holy son."

Popular phrases that contain the word holy

There are also many popular sayings formulated with the word saint; stay to dress saints (stay single), arrive and kiss the saint (quickly achieve what he intends), a saint of what (under what pretext), undress a saint to dress other (remove something from a place to place it in another place), go to a saint to heaven (when we forget something or are careless about a subject), password (password used to pass a guard post), undress a saint to dress another (remove something from one place to place it elsewhere), among the best known and used.

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