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The Saints & Sinners Matchmaker
InterviewThe Magazine
Our interview with Karen Wright Marsh: “Whatever your weakness or your trouble is — there’s a saint for you out there.”
This interview appears in Issue 20 of The Mockingbird print magazine, which is all about success and failure. Find out more here, or subscribe here.
When you think of the saints, what comes to mind? Likely, they’re stiff, haloed figures in stained glass, gazing up to the heavens, a soft light shining through their faces. They’re the superstars of the Christian faith, celebrated for superhuman acts of piety and discipline. But as awe-inspiring as such people can be, their sanctity can also feel sanctimonious and unfamiliar, especially to those who are tentative about faith in the first place. As the Catholic social justice advocate Dorothy Day famously said, “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.”
Karen Wright Marsh doesn’t want you to dismiss the saints,
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