From Spes in Domino: St. Agnes of Bohemia - Bride of the King

 

     We mortal men and women need stories.  I don't mean "stories" in the sense of things that are untrue or simply made up. I mean that we learn and understand some things best, even perfectly true things, when we encounter them in story form.  We need the arc of narrative to capture and hold our imagination.  In order to really absorb concepts we need to see them embodied, literally, in people like ourselves and in the things that people do.

     That is part of the purpose of the cult of the saints.  Through intercessory prayer they advocate for us before the throne of God, but they are also examples for us: through the stories of their lives, they show us in a way we can't fail to understand what it is to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

     One of those things that they show us is how important each one of us is to God: "the wisdom of this world is folly with God." (1 Corinthians 3:19) One of today's saints, St. Agnes of Bohemia (also known as St. Agnes of Prague) provides a good example of just how foolish the "wisdom" of the world can be . . . 

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