How to Become a Saint While You’re Still Alive
Despite all the hype surrounding canonization, it’s not as easy as it sounds. It can take years, even centuries, to become a saint. Getting there depends on your commitment to Jesus, the Church, and the Catholic faith in general.
A saint is a person who is recognized by the church as having lived a virtuous and heroic life or offered their own life for the sake of others. A person becomes a saint through a process called canonization, which is a formal recognition by the church of a saint’s virtue or life.
Becoming a saint is not the goal of most people. Rather, it is to live a life of virtue and love God and others with all their heart, regardless of whether they eventually make it into heaven or not. This can be achieved by following a strict Catholic lifestyle and following all the vows of obedience, fidelity, and charity as laid out in the church’s teachings.
To become a saint, you must be a Catholic Christian and have had a miraculous conversion to the Christian faith. This means that you have been saved from sin and given a new nature from God at your salvation. This gives you a special relationship with God and the ability to work miracles in your life as a result of your new nature.
The first step is to become a Catholic Christian, meaning you have been baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith. This means that you have received the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist (the Holy Communion).
Once you are a Catholic Christian, you may want to consider becoming a priest or a nun. This will not only make you more visible to the church, but also give you a head start on the canonization process.
If you’re not already a Catholic Christian, you can join the church as a layperson, or an unordained minister. This can help you become a saint and make it to heaven.
There are no guarantees that your work will be formally recognized as a saint, but you can increase your chances of making it to heaven by having a major impact on society. For example, if you work for a cause that benefits a lot of people globally, it will be easier to get your name and life proclaimed as a saint.
During the early centuries of Christianity, saints were largely recognized by their local communities or their cults. They could be cited in church bulletins or prayers, they had their tombs or shrines, and they were known to perform miracles during their lifetimes and at their graves.
But formal canonization did not begin until the tenth century. Until then, saints were generally regarded as holy people who had lived lives of sanctity in the name of Christ. This was done through a variety of methods, including public acclaim, the vox populi or voice of the people, and the growth of a local cultus.
To be a saint, you need to live an exemplary life, with a large impact on the world around you. You must be a good person and show great moral character, and you need to have performed at least one miracle in your lifetime. This can be something as simple as healing a person with an illness or a major disaster.
