tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post7789998462847343254..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: The Saints are our All-Stars (homily)Fr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-45637385194466852562007-11-02T22:21:00.000-04:002007-11-02T22:21:00.000-04:00Great words of inspiration. Thank you for sharing...Great words of inspiration. Thank you for sharing... I wish I could have heard you deliver this homily because I know you had a great deal of passion behind your words :)JRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971734043210291686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-78742922396992984472007-11-01T13:15:00.000-04:002007-11-01T13:15:00.000-04:00Father Fox, your homily is truly inspiring! I oft...Father Fox, your homily is truly inspiring! I often feel sick that the heroes held up for young people to model themselves after today are so often unworthy - from rappers to models to athletes to "celebrities" to fleeting tv personalities - while many are good people at heart, all that most of these folks offer is material success or the skills which brought them into the limelight. Too often they also bring along highly negative baggage with their worldly success. People like this are the type many admire today and desparately want to emulate. Why not pattern ourselves after heroes with real merit in their lifestyles, and those with the highest achievement - holiness. This would include not only canonised saints but others who live or have lived lives based on Christ's message of love and compassion, not the lure of fame and fortune.<BR/><BR/>I hope many will hear your message and take it under advisement. Thanks a bunch! <BR/><BR/>AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com