“There are more people converted from mortal sin to grace, than there are religious converted from good to better.” St Bernard of Clairvaux
How does one become a saint? That is to say, a real saint - one with St. in front of one’s name and properly canonised by Pope and Church? What does one have to do? How does one go about it?
Of course many real saints have lived who never got canonised. Seeking publicity has never been part of being a saint. So there are many, many unrecognised saints, some maybe even greater than the recognised ones. But all are known to God.
So if I set out on the path of sanctity, what do I do? Well, first you should know that this is something that every Christian is called to. We are all called to be saints. Whether we get recognised on earth as such is beside the point. The quality of sainthood is the same