Catholic

Quick, name 10 Catholic Saints...

1. Saint
2. Saint
3.  Saint
4.  Saint
5.  Saint
6.  Saint
7.  Saint
8.  Saint
9.  Saint
10.  Saint



So here is my list
1. Francis Xavier
2.  Paul
3.  Stephen
4.  Anthony
5.  Germane
6.  Frances
7.  Peter
8.  Lucia
9.
10.

Yeah, I'm kindof stuck.  There are plenty of names that I'm sure have Saints attached to them, but that I have no idea about who they are (Catherine, Anne) or saints that I have no name for (that one with the river in France).

I am rather shocked that I managed to come up with three female saints.  (Germane, Frances, and Lucia).  I know that there are plenty of female saints, but the only one whose name I remembered (not in connection with the name I chose at my confirmation), was Lucia, and only because of the American Girl Doll from Sweeden.

I'm certainly not a practicing Catholic anymore, but I think that there should be more recognition of Saints.  I mean the trinity includes the Holy Spirit, which is basically what Saints embody, but it seems everyone focuses on the Father and Son.  As a kid, I was interested in becoming a Sister in the Church, but realized that I lacked faith and I thought it would be immoral to "use" the church to further my desire to help people.  And then of course there is Mother Theresa who apparently had huge doubts about the existence of God.

A friend of mine from Trinidad once said something along the lines of faith not being necessary, that to be Catholic it was more important to participate in the life (receive sacraments etc.) than to believe.

Hmm...

Definition: Creative

So, I was thinking about the word "creative".  Meaning something like "having the quality of creating".  But when you talk about someone as being creative, or a job being creative, it implies that something new and exciting is made.  As wikipedia puts it "something of subjective value".  But I think that it should equally apply to something of objective value as well.  Though I guess everything can be described as both subjective and objective.

So if a plumber installs a toilet, is that a creative act?