Dorothy Day

Saints should be determined by their sacred intercessions through human life. As miracles are performed, that man/woman should be credited for their work done through humans. The person had to have lived a life as Jesus's follower. And strive for the common good of all human life. They should have influenced others to want to live a life according to Jesus's word wether they physically could or not. It makes sense that Archbishop Dolan would support Day's journey to canonization. She lived such an influential life and was like any other person. She made real human mistakes and her conversion was what led her to live a better Christian life. This aspect of Day is most touching because it shows that just because you make really bad immoral decisions God will continue to love you and continue to live through you and your work. She allowed money and power lead the first part of her life which is directly opposite of what the Church teaches. But then she had a revelation and had a 'coming to Jesus' moment. Right then she decided that God would lead her life and she loved him and his creations with her whole self. For me to be a Catholic saint is so honoring. To know that you lived a life that people revered, but to you it was just what you believed and thought was the right thing to do. People look up to you and ask for your guidance and protection through lives because they believed you, out of millions, was a person who lived a life closest to Jesus'. As a saint you sit at the right hand of God and try to guide us to live out the message and beliefs of God our savior.