{"id":35867,"date":"2020-09-30T10:47:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T10:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35867"},"modified":"2020-09-30T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T10:48:12","slug":"meet-and-greet-the-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/09\/30\/meet-and-greet-the-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"ALBANIA: Meet and Greet the Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Saints, our brothers and sisters, loved Jesus and his life. Be their friends, and they will accompany you throughout your life.\u201d With these few short words Pope Francis introduces the book &#8220;Online with Saints&#8221;. This new multi media book is available in both printed form and online for PC and smartphone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It can always be accessed online. The counsels of the saints are arranged into categories from fashion to faith, vocation to relationship, prayer to doubt \u2013 in fact these categories address every sphere of our lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the space of two short pages, the saints give brief, but profound answers to the questions life sets before us. Doctor of the Church, Edith Stein answers the question, \u201cHow can I know that God really exists?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Mother Teresa responds to the question, \u201cIsn\u2019t it just a waste of time spending hours in prayer?\u201d Saints Perpetua and Felicity look at whether there is a Catholic way of dressing, and Saint Cecilia considers whether modern music is evil. Saint Ignatius of Loyola answers whether Catholics are allowed to have tattoos and piercings, while St Thomas More tells us whether Christians should always follow the law of the land, and Blessed Charles, Emperor of Austria, whether today\u2019s politicians can lead a life pleasing to God. St Martin of Tours considers how sinful it is to waste food and water and Saint Joan of Arc explains how one can also become holy as a soldier. St Peter, the first Pope, shows us why saints are also sinners and Saint Joseph explains how Christians can cope with stress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s a book with plenty of food for thought, even for young people who are far from the Church. Around 200 questions of the kind that young people ask are answered in these virtual encounters with the saints of every age. The book has a predecessor, \u201cTweeting with God\u201d, written by the same author, Father Michel Remery, and is already available in seven languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Swedish).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now it is about to be translated and printed in Albanian to help their youth apostolate. Up until 1990, Albania was vaunted as the \u201cfirst atheist state in the world\u201d and Christians were brutally persecuted. Now Christianity is flourishing again there. Around one third of the 3.4 million Albanians in the country profess Christianity, but the Church is desperately poor. The archbishop of Shkoder has asked our help with translating, printing and setting up the websites, and we have promised him \u20ac9,500 \u2013 trusting as always in your generous support. \u2022<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-580x85.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Saints, our brothers and sisters, loved Jesus and his life. 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