![]() ![]() ![]() They had to commit things to memory and be able to talk to others about them. But they weren’t just asked to dress as these saints, they also had to study them. In fact, it was an assignment, one which all fourth graders take on (just as her older brother once became St. Thérèse is because her Catholic school asked her to. The reason our daughter clothed herself in St. ![]() So our daughter put on Thérèse who put on Joan who put on other saints who put on Christ. To put on their garbs is to try on their way of putting on Christ. The saints show us what doing that actually looks like, in the end. Saints have done what we are all called and challenge to do in the Christian life, beginning in Baptism: they “put of Christ” or “clothed themselves with Christ” (Rom 13:14 Gal 3:27). What is really going on when we imitate saints who themselves imitated saints? We practice putting on Christ. ![]()
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