He Was No Saint!

But he will be soon!

I recently read the book 'Damien The Leper'. The life that this kid from Belgium group up to lead was amazing to me. Father Damien dedicated his life to God (Good For Him, I guess), weaseled his way into a parish in Hawaii after his brother - also a Father - took ill and couldn't fulfill his commission. Then the man volunteered to minister to the Lepers at Molokai even though he suspected it would mean the end of his life. He had a notoriously quick temper, for a man of the cloth, and stepped on a few toes along his path. He was a thorn in the side of the Hawaiian government; constantly petitioning for more supplies, better accommodations and never quit striving to ease the suffering of his congregants. And now apparently enough miracles have happened in his name that he will be recognized as a Saint 120 years after his death from leprosy.