Someone who truly deserves sainthood

Born Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yakhoob, he later performed under his Anglicized birth name, Amos Jacobs. I hope the Pope is reading this.

It commenced with the last seven dollars in his pocket, as the young struggling entertainer put it into a Detroit church collection box. His prayer was directed to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint for hopeless causes. That day, he created a mission. If success bred from him, he would build a shrine and pay it forward.

Years later, fulfilling his deed by becoming successful and generous, he was awarded a papal knighthood by Pope Paul VI. He was named a Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. President Ronald Reagan presented him with a congressional Gold Medal. He was a posthumous recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.

There are three basic steps to becoming a saint: 1) The candidate must be deceased for a minimum of five years. He died eighteen years ago. 2) Even in our modern, fast-paced society, the candidate must have lived a life of extraordinary asceticism, self-denial, faith, good works and inspirational virtue, often helping the poor and sick. He founded the St. Jude Children Research Hospital in Memphis. The hospital has treated thousands of children, free of charge, for childhood cancers. 3) The candidate must be recognized for two posthumous miracles.

I'm Jewish. I was given five years to live with lymphoma (11 years ago). I now nominate a devout Roman Catholic for sainthood! A miracle, perhaps? Not withstanding, there are numerous miracles that have taken place at St. Judes. It all started with this man.

His unselfishness, faith, gift to humanity, representing those who demonstrate and activate principals beyond the normal, solely for the sake of the downtrodden, who is more enabling for sainthood, than Mr. Danny Thomas?

Randy F. Gollay

Buffalo Grove