The Cure of Ars

Then there are those individuals that are born with very little natural talent in certain areas but have a big heart that is able to genearate a strong will power drive to succeed in a particular area in life. An example of this might be a Saint in the Catholic Church named St. John Vianney, or as he was better known, "The Cure of Ars". This priest started out flunking out of a seminary because he could not learn latin and his grades were below average, but finally through sheer persaverence and hard work and with the grace of god and kind leaders who saw something character wise in this young man, ordained him and eventually he became a great spiritual leader in his parish leading thousands of individuals to Christ. (for a true story about this priest you might like to read his autobiography, "The Cure of Ars".

Review from Pope John Paul II, August 22, 2002 By A Customer
"In the span of nearly 50 years of priesthood, what is still the most important and most sacred moment for me is the celebration of the Eucharist. My awareness of celebrating in persona Christi at the altar prevails. Never in the course of these years have I failed to celebrate the Most Holy Sacrifice. If this has occurred, it has been due entirely to reasons independent of my will. Holy Mass is the absolute center of my life and of every day of my life. It is at the heart of the theology of the priesthood, a theology I learned not so much from text books as from living examples of holy priests. First and foremost, from the holy Cure of Ars, Jean Marie Vianney. Still today I remember his biography written by Fr. Trochu, which literally overwhelmed me." (English text of the address given at the International Symposium on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Conciliar Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis on Friday, October 27, 1995. Text acquired from L'Osservatore Romano, Weekly English Edition.) Text can also be viewed at the Vatican web site: www.vatican.va