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Heroic Sanctity in Ordinary Life: Matt Swaim & Anna Mitchell on Blessed Chiara Badano
How does a normal teenager who played tennis, loved Snoopy, and struggled with math become a model of heroic Catholic virtue? On The Son Rise Morning Show, hosts Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell celebrate the feast day and legacy of Blessed Chiara Luce Badano (1971–1990).
Swaim and Mitchell reflect on how Blessed Chiara offers a compelling example of Gen X holiness alongside figures like Blessed Carlo Acutis, showing that sanctity is accessible to everyday people. They discuss her profound offering of suffering without morphine while battling bone cancer at age 17, her joyous faith in…
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