Lives of the Saints Archives - Catholicism.org
The reason that the Church honors the saints is not just to give them glory, but to hold them up as exemplars for imitation. Many of the saints became saints themselves by reading the lives of saints. Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s by reading the Life of Christ and the Lives of the Saints. If these men can make such heroic sacrifices for God, then why can’t I, he wondered. Wonder turned into determination. Some saints wrote biographies of other saints. Saint Athanasius wrote the Life of Saint...| Catholicism.org
