Venerable Matt Talbot, Irish, Alcoholic, Saintly, Recovered

I have a recovering friend who is very doubtful that Venerable Matt Talbot will ever be canonized. His reason is that one needs to have provable physical miracles in order to be Beatified and then later, Canonized.

Matt Talbot's 'miracles' are not provable with that kind of certainty, because those who recover from the acute, chronic potentially fatal family disease of alcoholism cannot prove that he has aided that recovery. Theirs is a more spiritual recovery than physical, though alcoholism has its physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components.

But for those who HAVE looked to this man's life for the key to heal, they know... they know. They need no 'proof'. They know.

God bless!

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Will pray. Ask them to speak to Venerable Matt Talbot, and he can help, also, as well as AA/Alanon.

There is another that I had promised info on Matt Talbot, so I was gathering my links together. I had not yet blogged nor sent them to my friend, but have them listed and ready to go...  you can send them on if you wish to.

http://www.matt-talbot.com/
http://www.matttalbotretreats.org/story_of_mt.html
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0319.html
http://www.clairval.com/lettres/en/2004/08/15/2180804.htm
http://www.ballinteer.dublindiocese.ie/matt-talbot-summary.htm
http://www.ballinteer.dublindiocese.ie/matt-talbot-story.htm
http://www.savior.org/saints/talbot.htm
http://pioneertotal.ie/pioneer/fc?action=matt
http://www.revolutionoflove.com/lessons/triumphant/ven_matt_talbot.htm
http://www.circleofprayer.com/matt-talbot.html
http://www.catholic.org/diocese/diocese_story.php?id=19197
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4098/is_200501/ai_n9465578
http://www.albahouse.org/To-Slake.htm
http://www.frtommylane.com/homilies/other_homilies/matt_talbot.htm




"Three things I cannot escape: the eye of God, the voice of conscience, the stroke of death. In company, guard your tongue. In your family, guard your temper. When alone guard your thoughts." ~~Venerable Matt Talbot