Wow foldy, thank you!
I asked my priest if a non-Catholic could be declared a Saint by the Church and he said it’s not impossible but has only rarely happened and only in cases of true martyrdom.
I have often thought of that young girl who was killed in the Columbine massacre. She was praying while hiding. She was told if she renounced Christ, she would be saved. She refused and was shot. I feel bad I can’t remember her name, but I have often wondered if I would be so bold and brave in that situation. I pray I would be and ask God sometimes to give me strength like hers.
Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student who was the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, during which twelve other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then died by suicide.
Scott has been revered by groups of evangelical Christians as a Christian martyr, although the circumstances surrounding her death and martyrdom have been disputed. She posthumously was the subject and co-writer of several books, and also was the inspiration for and namesake of Rachel's Challenge, an international[4][5] school outreach program and the most popular school assembly program in the U.S.[6]
The aim of Rachel's Challenge is to advocate Scott's values, based on her life, her journals, and the contents of a two-page essay, penned a month before her murder, entitled My Ethics; My Codes of Life.[7] This essay advocates her belief in compassion being "the greatest form of love humans have to offer".[8]Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student who was the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, during which twelve other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then died by suicide.
Scott has been revered by groups of evangelical Christians as a Christian martyr, although the circumstances surrounding her death and martyrdom have been disputed. She posthumously was the subject and co-writer of several books, and also was the inspiration for and namesake of Rachel's Challenge, an international[4][5] school outreach program and the most popular school assembly program in the U.S.[6] The aim of Rachel's Challenge is to advocate Scott's values, based on her life, her journals, and the contents of a two-page essay, penned a month before her murder, entitled My Ethics; My Codes of Life.[7] This essay advocates her belief in compassion being "the greatest form of love humans have to offer".[8]
I do the same.