The Saint of the Day… or the Faith of Every Day?
The Saint of the Day exists precisely to teach the Faith of Every Day. To honour the saints while neglecting the truths for which they lived, laboured, and often died is to admire their crowns while forgetting their crosses... Prologue A recent social media post that sought to dismiss Sedevacantists with the following remark caught my attention: “Ever seen a sede post about the saint of the day? Now that is a unicorn. If you know the sins of the pope more than the Ten Commandments or Beatitudes (without needing to look it up), you may need to re-evaluate your life choices.” It is witty. It is memorable. It is also a striking example of rhetoric replacing argument. The remark succeeds as satire because it appeals to emotion and caricature. It fails as theology because it rests upon a series of hidden assumptions that collapse upon examination. More importantly, it misunderstands both the saints and the Catholic Faith, and that is unfortunate. The saints were not c...