[RnMomof7]

You cam say it til the cows come home and it still won’t be true. It is cherry-picking from the full spectrum of Catholicism.

We judge a tree by its fruits,..and these are rotten cherries .. Look up the saints, how many did not have "mystic" events ... Mysticism is the core of Catholicism

[maryz]

Mysticism is the core of Catholicism

No. You could say mystery is at the heart of Catholicism: the mystery of the Trinity, of the Incarnation, etc. Mysticism, properly speaking, is a consolation, a direct experience of God.

But I can see why you don't believe in it.

[Running On Empty]

Yes, it is cherry picking.

The saints are declared saints for ONE thing only—the heroic practice of virtue.

Didn’t you know that?